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February 11, 2011
STUDENT LIFE
BOSP eyes
Middle East
program
Director Robert Sinclair
describes plans for new center
By ANN TYLER MOSES
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
Stanford hopes to develop a study
abroad program in the Middle East with-
in the next few years, said Robert Sin-
clair, Robert Burke Family director of
the Bing Overseas Study Program. The
Bing Program plans to first implement a
three-week summer seminar in the re-
gion, hopefully in summer 2012, and es-
tablish a center and a more extensive
program at a future time.
Currently, budget constraints are the
main obstacles for the program. Al-
though the host country has not yet been
decided, the Bing Program has applied
for funding from the Vice Provost for
Undergraduate Education (VPUE) and
expects to hear about the results in a few
months, Sinclair said.
“It is my strong hope that this [pro-
gram] will come about,” Sinclair said.
“We prefer sooner rather than later, but
that will depend on the budget situa-
tion.”
Sinclair also noted that student inter-
est in the program is high, stating that he
has received several inquiries about the
program’s development from student or-
ganizations since the beginning of the
year.
“This is obviously a very hot topic
right now,” he said.
Lisa Blaydes, an assistant professor of
political science who has done significant
research on politics in the Middle East,
mirrored this sentiment. She stressed the
importance of knowing about issues in
the region firsthand.
“A presence in the Arab world is im-
portant for Stanford, especially consider-
ing the many students studying Arabic,”
she said.
Blaydes said students are curious
about the history, politics and culture of
the region. She recognized that some
Stanford students find ways to pursue
abroad programs or research in the Mid-
dle East independent of Stanford, usual-
ly by partnering with other American
universities. But the addition of a Stan-
ford-specific program would be benefi-
cial, she said.
The recent uprising against Egyptian
President Hosni Mubarak and the ensu-
ing violence and tension has affected uni-
versities’ engagement in the region.
Many universities have taken students
out of their programs and home-stays in
the country.
Sinclair admitted that Egypt is no
longer a real candidate for the site of a
Stanford center.
According to Omar Shakir, B.A. ‘07,
J.D.‘13, the conflict demonstrates the im-
portance of a Stanford presence in the
Middle East in the first place. As an un-
dergraduate, Shakir studied abroad and
did research for his senior honors thesis
in Egypt through a non-Stanford pro-
gram.While he was able to coordinate his
trip relatively easily, he acknowledged
the importance of making such an expe-
rience more accessible to students.
“It’s an amazing place to be,” he said.
“I like the history there . . . there’s so
much to learn.”
Shakir’s interest seems to reflect a
growing, nationwide interest in abroad
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By CAROLINE CASELLI
MANAGING EDITOR
In the first leg of its road trip
through Washington, the Stanford
men’s basketball team managed to
hold on for the win, taking down
Washington State, 75-62. With the
victory, the Card split the season se-
ries with the Cougars and is now tied
with Cal for fourth in the Pac-10.
MEN’S BASKETBALL
STANFORD 75
WASHINGTON STATE 62
2/10, Pullman, Wash.
Junior guard Jeremy Green led
all players with 24 points on 7-for-9
shooting and went 5-for-5 from be-
hind the arc. Freshman forwards
Dwight Powell and Anthony
Brown were next-best from the
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NOTES: Stanford jumped out to an early
lead against Washington State and
withstood a second-half rally to upset the
Cougars, 75-62. The Cardinal will have a
chance to move up in the Pac-10 stand-
ings and sweep the season series against
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Washington State. Jeremy Green led all scorers with 24 points on 7-9 shooting, including five threes.
CARD STREAKS INTO HISTORY
By JACK BLANCHAT
DESK EDITOR
The Stanford women’s basketball
team wrote itself into the record books
once again on Thursday night, cruising to
a 100-59 victory over Washington State.
With the victory, the Cardinal now holds
the record for most consecutive confer-
ence wins in the Pac-10.
The No. 3 Cardinal has not lost a con-
ference contest since Jan.18,2009 and has
now eclipsed the prior record of 48 games,
set by Stanford from 1995-98.
WOMEN’S BASKETBALL
WASHINGTON STATE 59
STANFORD 100
2/10, Maples Pavilion
Despite the lopsided score, the win
was a bit uncharacteristic for the Cardi-
nal, which boasts a perfect 52-0 all-time
record against the Cougars.
Stanford struggled to stop the
Cougars’ hot shooting early in the game,
and both junior guard Jazmine Perkins
and sophomore Carly Noyes were perfect
from the floor, combining to go 10-for-10
from the field in the first half.
The Cardinal’s flat first half came as a
surprise, and the team couldn’t just coast
if it expected to win its 49th consecutive
Pac-10 game.Stanford looked to be head-
ing for another easy victory, though, after
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NEWS
STUDENT GOVERNMENT SPEAKERS AND EVENTS

ASSU considers, debates Lyonel Trouillot hopes to

special fees reform bill
By MARGARET RAWSON
SENIOR STAFF WRITER
Special fees reform is on the minds of ASSU rep-
resentatives, as a bill for significant reform is making
the rounds from the 12th Undergraduate Senate
(UGS) to the Graduate Student Council (GSC), and
back again.
The UGS will re-vote this coming Tuesday on spe-
cial fees reform legislation originally passed at its last
meeting, both to incorporate friendly amendments
adopted at Wednesday’s GSC meeting and to re-
spond to questions of unconstitutionality surround-
ing how the vote was conducted on previous notice.
The current legislation is a more comprehensive
version of a bill passed on Jan. 18 by the Senate, but
rejected by the GSC on Jan. 19. The GSC discussed
the new version of the bill Wednesday, but declined
to vote due to issues of constitutionality and lingering
concerns about the bill’s efficacy at solving problems
in the special fees process.
While most student groups receive funding from
ASSU Senate and GSC general fees collected from
students, Volunteer Student Organizations (VSOs)
must rely on special fees for their larger budgets. As
stipulated by the 11th Undergraduate Senate,groups
must petition for signatures from 10 to 15 percent of
the student body to be on the special fees portion of
the spring ballot if they wish to grow their budgets by
more than inflation, which is approximately 1.5 per-
cent.The bill under discussion would return the joint
by-laws to the way they were before,allowing student
groups to grow their budgets up to 10 percent plus in-
flation without petitioning.
The bill, authored by Senate Chair Michael Cruz
‘12 and Appropriations Chair Rafael Vazquez ‘12,
contains three main areas of reform:allowing student
groups to grow their budgets more without petition-
ing,changing the reserve tax system on group savings
to a 100 percent formula instead of a tiered system
and releasing refunded students’ information to
group leaders.
The bill would also set a timeline for the funding
committee chairs to decide on special fee policies.
“Critical reform includes getting dates and dead-
lines specified in the ASSU bylaws,” wrote GSC
Funding Committee Chair Krystal St. Julien in an e-
mail to The Daily.
She added that the Senate and GSC should “not
just rely on the new elections commissioner to tell us
when to do everything every year.”
The legislation was passed quickly at the Senate’s
Tuesday meeting with little discussion, in part be-
cause of timing pressures as election season ap-
proaches. Declarations of intent for special fees
groups opened at 12:01 a.m.this morning.The Senate
will hold an “Appropsathon,” a 24-hour series of
meetings with special fee groups, from Saturday to
Sunday during Dance Marathon. Recent legislation
pushed the new deadline for the submission of spe-
cial fees declarations of intent, along with itemized
budgets, to Feb. 20, five days after the original dead-
line.
Special Fee Refunds
Much of the debate around special fees reform is
centered on the refund rate, the number of students
who choose to request their money back from groups
on a quarterly basis.
The 2009-10 year saw an unprecedented rise in re-
fund requests, causing the 11th Undergraduate Sen-
ate to adopt its legislation.Cruz pointed to higher full
refund requests this past fall and questioned whether
the legislation was effective in stemming increasing
costs.The 11th Undergraduate Senate decreased the
period for requesting refunds from three to two
weeks.
Cruz said he does not expect the special fees fund-
ing as a whole to rise under the new legislation and
does not expect the refund rate to decline.
Vazquez said he sees the legislation as geared to-
ward VSO financial officers, “to let them know that
we’re listening.”
“You never know what’s going to happen,”
Vazquez said.
He added that he doesn’t see a trend in recent re-
fund rates, but hopes the refund rate will drop if the
legislation is adopted.
“It will make the special fee system easier to nav-
igate, more transparent and more accountable for
everyone,” wrote former Alternative Spring Break
financial officer Minh Dan Vuong ‘11 in an e-mail to
The Daily.
Others, such as GSC co-chair and doctoral stu-
dent Justin Brown, say that history shows that the
changes made by the 11th Undergraduate Senate
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build cohesive identity
Poet-author puts “we” at
center of Haiti discussion
By ANGELIQUE DAKKAK
Writer in residence Lyonel Trouil-
lot presented the “Everlasting Strug-
gle Between ‘We’ and ‘I’” in
Levinthal Hall yesterday evening.
Trouillot spoke about current chal-
lenges in Haiti and how these chal-
lenges manifest themselves in Hait-
ian literature.
The Research Unit of the Division
of Literatures, Cultures and Lan-
guages (DLCL) hosted the lecture.
Born in Port-au-Prince in 1956,
Trouillot studied law before becom-
ing a journalist and novelist. He was
active in campaigning for democracy
in Haiti and wrote about how culture
functions within a nation. He is a pro-
fessor of literature and poetry in
Port-au-Prince and has written sever-
al novels, including “Les Enfants des
Beros” and “Therese en Mille
Morceaux.” Trouillot was awarded
the Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
in June 2010.
At Thursday’s lecture, Trouillot
described Haiti’s current state as cat-
astrophic, attributing this, in part, to
his belief that “Haiti never felt the ne-
cessity to replicate principles of the
French Revolution.”
In the late 19th and early 20th cen-
turies, thinkers explored strategies
for developing a successful republic
in their writing. It was believed that
Haiti had to follow the model of
Western states and, in doing so, serve
as the model for Africa and other na-
tions.
Today, one of the defining aspects
of Haitian society is a lack of a cohe-
sive national identity, Trouillot said.
Haitian society is made up of a collec-
tion of distinct groups of “others”
that often interact with hostility.
According to Trouillot, this divi-
siveness has been reflected in litera-
ture time and time again.The result is
a “Haitian novel” that consistently
lacks a sense of “we.”
Novelists now are addressing this
lack of community in their art in
order to encourage togetherness.The
poet-author said Haitian poetry
often focuses on illustrations of
power and the role of the individual.
The country, he noted, is often depict-
ed as a place of each man for himself,
a republic of puppets destined to un-
ravel.
“Our country is still waiting to
come out of text to be reality,”Trouil-
lot said, referring to dreams for Haiti
that are imagined in literature.
Trouillot said he examined the
struggle between the “I” and the
“we” as well as the quest for individ-
uality in each of his texts. From his
perspective, the most important as-
pect of the writing process is “to dis-
appear, to let the character develop
his or her voice,” and to let different
voices expose the tension in polypho-
ny.
Trouillot said his ultimate goal is
to “try to add a few verses to the his-
tory of Haiti. By doing so, I want to
contribute to the larger poem of the
world.”
In his novel “Street of Lost Foot-
steps,” Trouillot described Haiti’s
landscape as “27,000 kilometers of
hatred and desolation.”
However, he closed his lecture
yesterday on an uplifting note that
showed his pride for his land of ori-
gin.
“Today, my 27,000 kilometers are
good enough for me,” Trouillot said.
Contact Angelique Dakkak at angel-
dak@stanford.edu.

RESEARCH

Novel SLAC images

combine art, science
X-ray shoots images
on molecular level
By ERIN INMAN
STAFF WRITER
The world’s largest X-ray ma-
chine is capturing images of some of
life’s smallest compounds at one
quadrillionth of a second.
A collaborative group of re-
searchers published two studies in
Nature on Feb. 3 that gave a first
look at femtosecond imaging of sin-
gle particles and nano-sized crys-
tals. Femtosecond imaging is a pho-
tography technique that uses very
brief pulses.
Using the SLAC National Accel-
erator Laboratory’s Linac Coher-
ent Light Source (LCLS), the group
obtained a 2-D picture of the
world’s largest virus, the mimivirus,
in a single shot.The group also used
the LCLS to develop a 3-D image of
Photosystem I, a protein membrane
system involved in photosynthesis,
from nanoscale protein crystals.
The group’s nanocrystallogra-
phy experiment was a “proof of
principle,” said Stanford physicist
and study co-author Marvin Seib-
ert. When researchers compared
their LCLS image to its previously
known structure, they found that
the two images matched. This, in
turn, gave credibility to the process
of femtosecond nanoscale crystal-
lography.
Prior to the development of the
femtosecond imaging, researchers
had to grow proteins in large crys-
tals to photograph them with con-
ventional X-ray sources. According
to Seibert, this process would take
up to 13 years to yield results.
“Crystallography is more art
than science,” Seibert said. “It’s lit-
erally trial and error.”
Conventional X-rays often can
only process large-scale crystals be-
cause the rays destroy small sam-
ples before they can be analyzed.
The beauty of femtosecond imag-
ing, however, is in detecting beat de-
struction.
This technology is photography
“taken to the extreme,” Seibert
said.
“When you do high speed pho-
tography, you have a dark image
and open the shutter just as a flash
of light illuminates the sample,”
Seibert said.
Similarly, “the photon pulse [of
the LCLS] comes along as a very
bright light that illuminates the
dark sample and diffracts onto de-
tectors,” he said.
The success behind the imaging
in the two experiments rested in
their ability to reduce the pulse to a
femtosecond.
The pulse lasts only a femtosec-
ond and the photons diffract off the
sample before the molecule ex-
plodes from the radiation. The
group can use the diffracting pat-
terns to construct its image, because
damage to the crystal becomes de-
tectable after the photons have
come in contact with the sample,
Seibert said.
Researchers compiled tens of
thousands of images to construct 3-
D images of proteins in nanocrys-
tallography. The 2-D mimivirus
image, however, requires only one
shot, hence the name “single parti-
cle” imaging.
The shorter time also allowed
the researchers to reduce sample
size.
“You don’t need any crystal at all
[for the mimivirus],” Seibert said.
The 3-D proteins only require
very small nanoscale crystals, as op-
posed to the one large crystal re-
quired in the past.
However, nanoscale imaging is
not without its complications. Coor-
dinating the samples, photon beam
and detector requires precision.
“It’s not as extreme as a satellite
launch, but then again it is not as ex-
pensive and not as many people
[are involved],” Seibert said.
Due to the success of these im-
ages, the Coherent X-ray Imaging
instrument (CXI) is now being de-
veloped specifically for imaging sin-
gle particle and nanoscale crystals
with SLAC’s LCLS.
“This will hopefully open up the
technique to image 3-D structures
from non-crystalline biological
molecules,” Seibert said.
Currently, scientists know the
shape of only six of the 30,000 mem-
brane proteins in the human body.
Thus, the CXI has the potential to
significantly enhance research’s
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FEATURES

KOR VANG/The Stanford Daily

Insiders from this far-flung community explore its significance

By KADEN FREEMAN Hussain, a philosophy professor, ex- bers, plus a larger allocation of funds than community the college offers. However, they
plained FroSoCo as Stanford’s version of the other dorms have, to provide social and aca- both agreed that while they aren’t unhappy
colleges of Yale and houses of Harvard, which demic opportunities that are not offered else- with the choice, neither was sure if they would

O
n the far west side of campus lies
a place that, for many Stanford
students, is shrouded in mystery,
existing only as an optional essay
question on the required fresh-
man housing application forms. Rumors
abound that FroSoCo students are nerdy, in-
troverted freshmen and sophomores hidden
away on the fringes of Stanford, but few know
exactly what the clever acronym is or what the
residence represents.
According to the Stanford University Res-
idential Education website, FroSoCo, or
Freshman Sophomore College, “provides the
vibrant residential intellectual community of
a small, elite, liberal-arts college while provid-
ing enhanced access to the academic re-
sources of one of the world’s premier re-
search universities.” But where did this idea
come from, and what exactly does that mean?
The program was implemented during the
1999-2000 academic year by John Bravman,
the former vice provost for undergraduate
education at Stanford. Bravman wanted to
add a residential component to undergradu-
ate education at Stanford, and he did so by
combining two traditional Stanford dorms —
Adams and Schiff — to create the college.
Bravman acted as the college’s dean until
2010, when he left Stanford to become presi-
dent of Bucknell University. Dr. Nadeem
Hussain ‘90 took over Bravman’s position
and now lives with his wife across the street
from the college.
themselves were inspired by the colleges of
Oxford and Cambridge. The goal was to give
students “at a big research university like
Stanford the feel of a small college,” Hussain
said.
“[Schiff and Adams] weren’t just stuck to-
gether and given a label; they were given a
purpose,” he continued.
FroSoCo sets itself apart from other fresh-
man dorms by providing “social activities in-
volving more than one dorm” and “an envi-
ronment to get to know faculty better,” Hus-
sain said.
One way that it does this is by having a
much larger staff than other dorms. The stu-
dent staff consists of eight College Assistants
(FroSoCo’s version of Residential Assistants,
or RAs), two Residential Computer Consul-
tants (RCCs), one Resident Media Coordina-
tor (the only one on campus), one Peer
Health Educator (PHE), two subject tutors,
one writing tutor and an Oral Communica-
tion Tutor. In addition, the Stanford faculty
involved with FroSoCo include two College
Directors (FroSoCo’s version of Resident
Fellows) for each house, the College Program
Associate, the Director of the Oral Commu-
nications Program and the College Dean and
his partner. These 24 staff members serve a
total of about 100 freshman and 60 sopho-
mores, a much larger faculty-to-student ratio
than the typical seven or eight staff members
found in an 80 to 85-person freshman dorm.
FroSoCo utilizes these many staff mem-
where on campus. Such opportunities include
Dean’s Dinners, in which different guests and
faculty take part in a one-hour open talk and
then a more intimate dinner with a dozen or so
FroSoCo students,who sign up on a first come,
first serve basis.
FroSoCo also offers the Sophomore Fel-
lows Program, in which resident sophomores
teach unique non-credit classes for students.
Hussein described a recent class that focused
on gun control and culminated in a trip to a
gun range.
George Tsiveriotis ‘13, a FroSoCo alum
who now lives in a row house, said he chose to
live in FroSoCo his freshman year because “it
was the best of both worlds, with lots of fresh-
man, but not all four classes — just sopho-
mores to guide you.”
Though he chose to not live in FroSoCo as
a sophomore (all freshmen in FroSoCo can
automatically be placed there for their soph-
omore year), he admitted that “most of the
people I hang out with this year are from
FroSoCo last year.” He feels that FroSoCo is
quieter, more isolated and more introverted
than other freshman housing on campus, but
also noted the benefit of having the opportu-
nity to meet everyone there.
“I feel more connected to it now that I
don’t live there,” he said, “and [I] would love
to go back senior year to staff.”
Current Schiff residents Halsey Hoster ‘14
and Melis Tekant ‘14 described FroSoCo as a
good freshman residence due to the small
do it again.
“It’s harder to keep close friends who live
on East campus,” Hoster said. “If you live in
FroSoCo, your closer friends are from FroSo-
Co.”
The two girls described the typical FroSo-
Co student as an engineering major or techie
and said that most don’t want to go out very
often. They feel “socially far away” from the
rest of campus and describe themselves as the
techie version of SLE kids, except that none
of their extra programming is required.
Cisco Barrón ‘04, who will be one of the
new College Directors at FroSoCo next year
and is a FroSoCo alum himself, looks back on
his time at the college as a “very positive ex-
perience.” He described the students in
FroSoCo as “enthusiastic, engaging, free-
thinking, tightly knit and quirky,” and in his
new position next year hopes to “articulate
and disseminate” FroSoCo’s vision “so more
students are aware of what we do and how we
do it.”
While FroSoCo is much more intricate and
complex than one may initially realize, it may
still remain a mystery to many students in its
corner of the campus. However, the lack of
awareness goes both ways.
Most students at FroSoCo are “not sure about
how it is over at Wilbur or Stern,” Hoster said.
Contact Kaden Freeman at kaden123@stan-
ford.edu.

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Continued from page 2
work and the previous mechanism
caused problems.
“We know what works — the
current system,” Brown said.
For groups with budgets as large
as $65,000, a 10 percent increase is
more than the $6,000 cap on total
funds for ordinary student groups.
“The problem is that a ten per-
cent increase is pretty significant.
The tax on students would increase,”
said Anton Zeitsman ‘11, appropria-
tions chair of the 11th Undergradu-
ate Senate.
Cruz described the bill as “open-
ing one valve and closing another for
a net improvement for special fees
groups and for Stanford.”
It would make “the process easi-
er, allow[ing] for sustainable growth
that is keeping in line with increasing
costs,” he said, saying that costs to
student groups increase faster than
inflation.
“We’re subject to market forces
that inflation doesn’t take into ac-
count,” Cruz said, adding that a full
explanation is “above my pay-
grade.”
Vazquez stressed that the group
budgets would still need to be ap-
proved by the respective funding
committees before going on the bal-
lot.
One aspect of the legislation
Cruz and Vazquez said would serve
to counteract the lower barriers to
budget growth would be the re-
placement of the current, tiered sys-
tem of reserve taxes. Under the leg-
islation, if student group reserves
exceed their expenditures for the
previous year, 100 percent of the ex-
cess would be applied as part of
their special fee funds, decreasing
the total amount budgeted by the
ASSU to the group for the next
year.
Release of Names
A controversial part of the legis-
lation is the release of information
— the names, SUNet IDs and
SUIDs of students who requested
special fees refunds — to VSO fi-
nancial officers, presidents and key
officers. This change would allow
group leaders to ensure that stu-
dents who request refunds from
their group, and are thus ineligible
for the group’s services, do not at-
tend their events.
Until the 11th Undergraduate
Senate overturned the policy last
February, VSOs could request the
SUIDs of students who requested
refunds.
“I’m most excited about the re-
lease of names,” Vazquez said,
adding that student groups “have a
right to know who took money away
from them.”
Zeitsman described the policy of
giving student names to group offi-
cers as “nearly unenforceable.”
While no mechanism is proscribed
in the bill, the enforcement would
be up to the discretion of the finan-
cial officers.
Brown said several GSC voting
members were uncomfortable at
Wednesday’s meeting about the re-
lease of names, viewing it as a
“breach of privacy,” even though the
University’s legal counsel has given
the go-ahead.
Brown also said he feels many
GSC members believe “it will not go
over well with the student body be-
cause of privacy” concerns.
The “Fundamental Problem” with
Special Fees
As the back-and-forth legislation
shows, debate over the complicated
special fees funding process is not
new. What recent debate allows,
however, according to Brown, is a
look at the fundamental problems
plaguing the process, on the exis-
tence of which, at least, all represen-
tatives seem to agree.
“The fundamental problem is
everybody can vote on a special fee
group [in the spring election] and
then request a refund [on a quarter-
ly basis],” Brown said. “It’s a catas-
trophe waiting to happen.”
“That’s when you get into the fis-
cal crisis that happened last year,”
Brown said.
“The bill that is being presented
does not fix that.”
Brown said he is not sure yet
whether this shortcoming will affect
his vote.
“This is a learning opportunity
for every student on campus, regard-
less if they’re an American citizen or
not,” Brown said. “It means you
need to be cognizant of the policies
being made.”
Zachary Warma ‘11, an 11th Un-
dergraduate Senator and Daily staff
member, said he sees the legislation
as “inherently flawed”which is “dan-
gerously infringing on people’s
rights.”
Warma said he sees the debate as
reflecting fundamental flaws in the
ASSU.“The ASSU doesn’t do advo-
cacy — what the ASSU is about is
money,” he said.
Warma added that he views the
legislation as a special interest bill,
supported by Senators elected by
particular VSOs and endorsing bod-
ies, such as the Students for Color
Coalition (SOCC), which won 10
seats in the 12th Undergraduate
Senate.
“It’s frustrating to see [different]
private interest groups dominate the
government alternating years,”
Brown said of the recurring debate.
“Governments like this are run
by special interest groups — that’s
true everywhere,” Brown said.
“What we shouldn’t see is one group
of individuals with a special interest
dominate the pockets of those who
don’t agree with them.
Brown added that he views all
undergraduate “political parties”
negatively, regardless of their name
or agenda.
“We’re Stanford students,” he
said.“We can do better than this.”
Kathleen Chaykowski contributed to
this report.
Contact Margaret Rawson at
marawson@stanford.edu.
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44,000 passengers per week-
day up and down the San
Francisco Peninsula.It is also an ex-
tremely efficient form of transit,
covering 44 percent of its costs
through fares, a higher percentage
than any other Bay Area transit op-
eration except for BART.Adminis-
trative costs for Caltrain are among
the lowest of local transit agencies.
More importantly, Caltrain allevi-
ates the need for 2.5 lanes of traffic
on local highways and requires
roughly half as much fuel per pas-
senger-mile as automobiles.
Despite its importance and suc-
cess, Caltrain is in trouble. Due to a
lack of dedicated funding, the com-
muter rail line is facing the possibil-
ity of a $30 million budget gap. Cal-
train’s proposed solution would
eliminate all weekend and non-
rush hour service,as well as up to 16
stations. Instead of watching one of
the Peninsula’s most important
public institutions flounder, local
governments, citizens and students
must work together to ensure that
Caltrain receives the level of fund-
ing and respect it deserves.
Unlike other public transporta-
tion systems, Caltrain is not funded
by a dedicated source such as a
sales or gas tax. In place of such a
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of its funding from three other
agencies: the Santa Clara Valley
Transportation Authority (VTA),
San Mateo County Transit District
and City and County of San Fran-
cisco.This year, however, the agen-
cies are expected to reduce their
contributions by approximately
$10 million each in order to cover
their own financial obligations,
leading to the $30 million deficit.
There are many responsible
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service. Elimination of weekend
service alone would force roughly
18,000 passengers to seek new
transportation options. The pro-
posed cuts would make getting to
and from San Francisco Interna-
tional Airport via train impossible
during afternoons, evenings and
weekends. Stanford students who
rely on Caltrain to access the air-
port, as well as the city of San Fran-
cisco, would have to buy or borrow
cars.Baseball fans also have reason
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drastic service cuts,but they are not
a long-term solution. What Cal-
train needs is stable, dedicated
funding that is not conditional on
the goodwill and solvency of other
agencies.
A dedicated source of funding
for Caltrain is not just a way out of
this year’s budget crisis. By reduc-
ing the variability of its revenues,
Caltrain will be able to plan and
make year-to-year investments
without worrying about large
deficits that do not result from
changes in its revenues or expendi-
tures. Of course, nothing in life is
free, so where should this money
come from?
Paired with modest reductions in
weekend service, a broad-based tax
to meet Caltrain’s budgetary re-
quirements wouldn’t need to be
large.Local governments should ex-
plore funding Caltrain with a one-
half to one-cent gas tax,which would
have the added benefit of reducing
traffic congestion and carbon emis-
sions. Congestion and carbon emis-
sions both impose huge externalities
on society. During rush hour in
urban areas, an additional car trip
can cost up to $200 in other drivers’
wasted time. Climate change result-
ing from carbon emissions will likely
cost trillions of dollars over the next
century. Pricing these ills would be a
good idea even if Caltrain were not M ARKS M Y W ORDS
desperate for money.
Stanford University and the Bay
Area that surrounds it can rightly
claim to be wonderful places to live.
Part of what makes them great is
The S-Word: Part I
L
quick train service between San ast weekend, I went to Vegas employee of the Sapphire Gentle-
Francisco and San Jose, and a re- for the second time in my life. men’s Club described her longing
grettable aspect of life here is traf- The first time, I was in 4th for the scenery of Monterey. A
fic congestion on the freeways. grade and with my parents; this group of 40-year-old men from Or-
Keeping Caltrain service robust time I was in the company of sever- Miriam Ellora ange County tried to strike up a
should be one of the top priorities al other 21 and 22-year-olds. While friendly NorCal-SoCal rivalry
for local officials. I arguably should have come away Marks even as they offered to make us
from the trip with a massive hang- drinks in their suite. We declined
over, a new tattoo and an im- the offer.
promptu marriage, I instead came Alas, two of my friends had a
in the elevator of Caesars Palace.
away with a bad cold and a myriad slip-up. One fateful night, over the
As we feverishly planned our de-
of thoughts about what it means to craps table of our hotel, one of my
parture for Tao, we chattered giddi-
tell someone that you go to Stan- friends answered the question all
ly and consequently made our-
ford. too specifically. “Where’re you
selves quite vulnerable to in-
My story begins with the obser- from?” “Stanford.” Unfortunately,
quiries. When the person in the el-
vation that people in Vegas like to she was mockingly nicknamed
evator asked us where we were
meet each other. The process is fa- “Stanford” for the rest of the night.
from, we all froze.The milliseconds
cilitated by the fact that people in “Hey, Stanford, have you been to
crept slowly by as we each won-
Vegas are drunk at almost every Vegas before?” “Hey, Stanford,
hour of the day, and this aptly
dered what to say. At long last I
jumped in and said, “San Francis-
want a drink?” “Hey, Stanford . . .
named “liquid courage” allows “
co!”
them to make new friends (and The next day, I blundered as

Supporting ROTC
In Vegas, saying that you’re
friends) without inhibition.As a re- well. My friends and I were
from San Francisco is perfectly in-
sult, one is often asked,“Where are strolling through the Bellagio
nocuous. One club promoter re-
you from?” when a club promoter accosted us.
sponded with, “Oh, I used to live in
It was 10 p.m. on the day of our

Supports Queer Rights

the Bay!,” to which we chanted,
arrival, and my friends and I were
“Yay Areaaa” (a la E-40). A polite Please see MARKS, page 5

A
As The Daily reported in an action from the queer and allied
article titled “SSQL gathers
signatures to protest
constituents. By continuing to an-
tagonize the military, SSQL sends O BSESSIVE KOMPULSION
ROTC’s return” (Feb. 7), Stanford the message that no serious conces-

I Believe I Can Fly?

Students for Queer Liberation
(SSQL) has been mounting a cam-
paign against the return of ROTC
on the basis that the military still
discriminates against transgender
sions will ever satisfy the communi-
ty. This kind of approach under-
mines organizational credibility for
future advocacy work. Negotiation
requires compromise from both

individuals. As queer students and
supporters of greater transgender
rights, we applaud SSQL’s efforts to
draw attention to these issues. That
being said, we are concerned that
the antagonistic approach taken by
SSQL is not representative of the
larger queer community and may
halt further progress for queer
rights in the military.
The repeal of “don’t ask, don’t
tell” was an unquestionable victory
for gay rights advocates. It marks a
significant milestone in what has
been a recent and dramatic shift to-
wards increased support for gay
rights. Rather than celebrate with
rest of the queer community, SSQL
simply moved the goal posts back in
its aggressive anti-military campaign.
For the first time in the history of
this country, representatives are
taking queer voices seriously. Their
consideration will do much to fur-
ther social justice, but it merits a re-
sponse of gratitude and reciprocal
sides, and SSQL refuses to acknowl-
edge that reality. In doing so, they
obstruct further progress at the
Congressional level.
Allowing ROTC’s return
demonstrates that the queer com-
munity understands that progress is
a process and that it is willing to
continue that stepwise process, in-
cluding promoting equality for the
transgender population. We must
be willing to work with those that
disagree with us if we are to have
permanent change.
Furthermore,Stanford Universi-
ty, as a premier institution of learn-
ing, trains the future leaders in prac-
tically every field. Its students carry
with them the values of tolerance
and equality that are embodied in
its mission and forward-thinking
culture Stanford ROTC graduates
will be future military leaders who
are equipped not just with military
Please see OPED, page 5
S
ince the fall of 2001, I’ve been
terrified of flying — not for
fear of a terrorist attack, but
because of the violently destructive
force 9/11 demonstrated planes can
have. Living in Jamaica, N.Y., a mere
10 minutes from JFK, the noise of
planes making their landing ap-
proach over my house frightened
me. As I fell asleep, I’d hear the
drone of engines getting louder and
louder, and each and every time, I’d
imagine that the plane was going to
crash into my backyard.
My fear deepened on November
12, 2001, when, just 15 miles from
my house, American Airlines Flight
587 crashed into a residential neigh-
borhood, shortly after takeoff,
killing all 260 passengers and crew
and an additional five people on the
ground.
For months, I could not look at
the clock when it read 9:11, for fear
that it would doom me to die in a
plane accident. And, after many
Kristian
Bailey
sleepless nights, I worked up the
courage to tell my mother I didn’t
want our family to go to San Fran-
cisco the following summer. San
Francisco was the site of the 2002
National Bar Association confer-
ence, which my father attended
yearly, and also the destination of
two of the four doomed 9/11 planes.
What bothered me so much
about this series of plane-related in-
cidents was that so many individual
lives could be obliterated instanta-
neously in a ball of fire and metal.
That, and imagining the thoughts of
the passengers onboard.
What went through the minds of
those on American Airlines Flight
11, the first plane to crash into the
World Trade Center, as they saw the
towers and realized what fate await-
ed them? Did they die instantly?
Was there a metaphysical slowing
of time before the moment of im-
pact?
Or what about those on AA
Flight 77 or United Flight 93, which
were crashed into the Pentagon and
a ditch in Pennsylvania, respective-
ly? What did it feel like to plummet
towards the ground, knowing there
was no way out?
Air travel was and is touted as
the safest way to travel, which I
completely understand. What I
don’t like about flying is knowing
that I can’t escape if I need to, and
that, while 99 percent of us will get
to our destinations safely, the small
percentage who were unlucky
boarded their flights with the same
Please see BAILEY, page 5
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Collateral Damage
BOSP
Continued from front page
programs located in the Middle
East. The number of students from
American universities studying
abroad in Arabic countries in-
creased 127 percent from 2002 to
2006, according to the online news
publication Inside Higher Ed.
Last Friday, Shakir coordinated
a demonstration in White Plaza
that showed support for the protes-
tors in Egypt opposing Mubarak.
OPED
Continued from page 4
training but also the values of this
institution. Their courageous lead-
ership will undoubtedly promote
progress from within the organiza-
tion.
We would like to reemphasize
that the repeal of DADT is not the
final step in the struggle for queer
equality in the military. Transgen-
der students deserve equal access
to ROTC’s benefits, and we should
continue to press our leaders for
BAILEY
Continued from page 4
ZACK HOBERG/The Stanford Daily
certainty that we do.
Former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, professor of the practice Joe Nation and former special Even though there have been no
advisor to the governor David Crane participated in a roundtable discussion yesterday afternoon on reform, ener- major plane crashes in the U.S.
gy policy and climate change. The discussion, open by invitation only, was hosted in the SIEPR Conference Room. since Flight 587, I’ve kept my fear
alive by reading about gruesome
disasters from years past. I’ll leave
you to choose whether to look
these up on your own, but TWA
Flight 800, EgyptAir Flight 990
(both of which also took off from
JFK) and American Airlines Flight
11 bother me the most.
I’m not sure why I feed this fear.
(To make myself painfully aware of
my own constantly looming mortal-
ity?) Nor am I sure why I, living in
New York City, chose to go to Stan-
ford when I could’ve easily gone to
a school that didn’t require flying.
Yet — and get ready for a twist
— flying is one of my favorite
things to do, and planes fascinate
me to no end.
In New York, whenever I had
time to kill between connecting
trains on the Long Island Rail
Road, I’d wander over to the Air-
Train station in Queens and look at
all the destinations of departing
flights. Moving to Long Island and
living directly under the landing ap-
proach for European and other
westbound flights was a dream — I
saw a constant stream of planes at
almost every hour of the day.
I remember seeing the Con-
corde en route to JFK twice before
it was taken out of service in 2003. I
remember my first flight on a Boe-
MARKS
Continued from page 4
“Hey ladies, are you going out
tonight?” “Uhhh . . . yeah?” He
asked which clubs we had visited
the night before, promptly dis-
missed them as “not really happen-
ing” and began to laud his club,
The Bank, as our next destination.
Then he gave us his card.
Looking at the name, I realized
he was Arab and wondered if I
should try and strike up a conver-
sation with him with my limited
formal Arabic skills. Seeing my
gaze fixed stupidly on his business
card, he finally jumped in and said,
“I’m Egyptian.”
This was a big deal for two rea-
sons: not only is Egypt a popular
news item these days, but also I’m
writing my senior honors thesis
about patterns of marriage among
Egyptian youth. So, like an idiot, I
exclaimed, “That’s so cool! I’m
writing my senior honors thesis
about patterns of marriage
amongst Egyptian youth!” For
extra good measure, I told him that
I was studying Arabic in college.
The guy gave me one of those “I
really don’t care that you’re excit-
ed” looks and then said in a not-
quite-joking tone, “What, are you
smart or something?” I froze, again
for a few long milliseconds, before I
said,“Ha, no, I mean, I’m in college,
so I’m writing a thesis, it’s not a big
He stressed that despite the
regime’s use of force, the move-
ment is truly a popular, grassroots
endeavor.
Shakir remarked that political
conflict in Egypt hasn’t decreased
student interest in learning in the
country, nor in the Middle East in
general. Many other major univer-
sities, including Harvard, Prince-
ton, Cornell and Northwestern,
have already established study
abroad opportunities in the re-
gion.
Contact Ann Tyler Moses at atmoses
@stanford.edu.
this legislation. We cannot expect
this change to be immediate. No
civil rights movement has ever hap-
pened overnight.What we can do is
accept DADT’s repeal as a step in
the right direction and use this
progress as a stepping-stone for fur-
ther progress. We hope that the
queer community will recognize
the opportunity for exchange and
learning that ROTC’s return will
bring and support the members of
our greater Stanford community
who will be the emissaries of our
values.
WARNER SALLMAN ’11 AND
MARLOES SIJSTERMANS ’11
ing 777 and on a Boeing 747 (to this
day my favorite plane.)
JetBlue and Virgin America are
my favorite domestic airlines, and I
live for the day when I can “Fly
Emirates,” as their ads tell me to do,
aboard an Airbus A380,the double-
deck, four-engine behemoths that
now grace the skies.
I think planes are sexy — as is
everything else about flight: the
three-letter airport codes that are
associated with each airport; flight
attendants, who always seem so
professional and pristine; and even
particular airlines themselves.
The larger implications of
planes and flight — human ingenu-
ity, the interconnectivity of the 21st
century, and the sensation of almost
being able to fly — are all fascinat-
ing to me.
The sensation of flight — the
thrill of hurtling down the runway
and always experiencing that mo-
ment of hesitation over whether the
plane will lift off, and, once it does,
whether physics will realize it was
kidding and pull the plane back
down; experiencing turbulence and
thinking, “Is that all you’ve got?”
and then praying that the plane sta-
bilizes; and the feeling of returning
back to the ground — never ceases
to delight me.
So, for the foreseeable future,
my irrational obsession with flight
outweighs my rational fear of it, and
I will continue to fly.
Kristian feels this column may have
been darker than he originally intend-
ed it to be.If you want to help him light-
en up, send him your favorite story of
flight at kbailey@stanford.edu.
deal, um . . . “ Note: the word Stan-
ford never made an appearance,
but I might as well have said it at
that point.
His question has since stuck in
my mind. If I were “smart,” would
that be bad? If I go to Stanford, is
that bad? In retrospect, telling him
about my honors thesis was a mis-
take — it is never tactful to volun-
tarily demonstrate how smart or
accomplished you may be. But
does that demand that we as Stan-
ford students should have to pur-
posefully evade the “where’re you
from” question? In an ideal world,
no. In this world? Maybe.
I’ve come to accept that it is not
something to make public. Reveal-
ing the Stanford connection — or
dropping the “S bomb,” as some
say — requires a lot of careful
thought. From now on I know that
my permanent default answer to
the “where’re you from” question
will be “San Francisco,” and, in
many a case, it will be the most ap-
propriate answer.
They say that what happens in
Vegas stays in Vegas, and I’d like to
add an addendum: what is happen-
ing in your life might not want to be
happening in Vegas . . . especially if
what is happening in your life is
your college career at an elite insti-
tution.
Miriam wants to know if you’ve ever
had an uncomfortable encounter in-
volving the S-word. Contact Miriam
at her (not elitist) address, mir-
marks@gmail.com.
SLAC
Continued from page 2
ability to produce images of more
proteins. It is hoped that these im-
ages will be used to build a better
understanding of bimolecular
processes and structure-based drug
design.
Contact Erin Inman at
einman@stanford.edu.
6 ! Friday, February 11, 2011
SPORTS
A CLEAN SWEEP
By WILL SEATON
STAFF WRITER
The Stanford women’s tennis team
took full advantage of a beautiful day
to come out firing,racing to a 7-0 victo-
ry over a competitive SMU team.
With sophomore Mallory Burdette
in the lineup for the second straight
game, the No. 1 Cardinal (5-0) had its
full squad on display again.After prov-
ing she had no rust in her 6-0, 6-1 victo-
ry over then-No. 36 Courtney Dole-
hide of UCLA last Saturday, Burdette
was back to contribute to a very one-
sided doubles victory. She and senior
Hilary Barte both defeated their op-
ponents, 8-2.
WOMEN’S TENNIS
SMU 0 WASHINGTON
STANFORD 7 2/12, Seattle
2/10, Taube Tennis Stadium
“It’s really good to be back,” Bur-
dette said. “Especially in that first
match against UCLA, I was a little
nervous. It turned out really well, but
today was a little bit of a struggle. Still,
I think it was good prep for Indoors
next week.”
On Court Three, Stanford’s ever-
consistent squad of junior Veronica Li
and senior Carolyn McVeigh part-
nered brilliantly to run away with an 8-
2 score and clinch the doubles point.
On Court Two, the freshmen tandem
of Kristie Ahn and Nicole Gibbs won
with an identical 8-2 score.
Singles proved to be a much
tougher test. Led by Marta Lesniak in
the top spot, the Mustangs (5-2)
proved to have fight in them through-
out their lineup. Barte was able to pull
an upset over the Lezniak — ranked
2nd in the nation — with an impres-
sive tiebreak performance in the 2nd
set, overpowering her to earn a 6-4, 7-
6 (2) victory.
At the No. 2 position, Gibbs strug-
gled early with her opponent.Frustrat-
ed with her play in the first set, she was
able to turn it around early in the sec-
ond set, returning to her dominant
style of play and eventually closing out
her opponent, 2-6, 6-3, 6-2. After suf-
fering a few close losses in the fall, a
come-from-behind win at the colle-
giate level like this is a big mental
boost for Gibbs.
“The girl I played came out hitting
winners all over the place, and I was
surprised at first,” Gibbs said. “It
caught me off guard because it didn’t
look like she was going to have a game
that was that aggressive to that degree
Tough
MPSF test
ahead
Card to host UC-San
Diego, UC-Irvine
By MILES BENNETT-SMITH
DESK EDITOR
After a weekend sweep through the
Chicago area, the Stanford men’s vol-
leyball team is back on the Farm in a re-
turn to Mountain Pacific Sports Feder-
ation play tonight against No. 12 UC
San Diego.The No. 4 Cardinal will face
off against No. 8 UC Irvine Saturday.
Playing ranked opponents is noth-
ing new in the ultra-competitive MPSF,
in which 11 of the top 15 teams in the
most recent AVCA Div. I poll play.The
weekend sojourn in the Midwest saw
Stanford (8-2, 5-2 MPSF) square off
against Div. II Lewis and Div. III Loy-
ola,but head coach John Kosty said the
experience and lessons learned were as
important as any game.
“I think we just had a great week-
end all around,” Kosty said.“Chicago’s
a great town to play in, and it was good
for us to be in an environment that
most of the team is not used to, coming
from the warmer climates of Southern
California and Hawaii. But on the
whole, I think we handled ourselves
with great character.
“Most importantly, perhaps, we
played in two gyms that are known for
being hard on visiting opponents with
really loud, boisterous student sec-
tions,” Kosty said. “They were both
hostile environments, and I am really
proud of the fact that our guys handled
it all really well.”
Even with the support of a home
crowd at Maples Pavilion, UC San
Diego (5-7, 2-4) will certainly be a
tough opponent, boasting a number of
experienced players with gaudy num-
bers. Senior setter Phil Bannan set the
Tritons’ career record for career assists
Senior Hilary Barte, above, teamed up with sophomore Mallory Burdette for an
8-2 doubles victory before outlasting No. 2-ranked SMU senior Marta Lesniak
6-4, 7-6 (2) to cap off a sweep of the No. 38 Mustangs at Taube Tennis Stadium.
when we were playing her in doubles.
“I came in with some assumptions
that ended up hurting me in the first
set,” she said.“It took me a while to get
caught up to how she was hitting the
ball, but once I did, I feel like I made
the proper adjustments.”
The only two players who appeared
to have an easier time with their oppo-
nents were Ahn at the No. 3 spot and
McVeigh at the No. 5 spot.Ahn won, 6-
2, 6-2, with an excellent running fore-
Junior setter Evan Barry (No. 10) had 84 assists in two road wins over Lewis and
Loyola of Chicago. The No. 4 Cardinal returns to conference play this weekend.
with his 3,893rd in a loss to Pepperdine
last week. He has plenty of help from
outside hitter Carl Eberts and middle
blocker Calvin Ross.
Eberts is a redshirt sophomore
from Huntington Beach, Calif., and
leads San Diego with 119 kills on the
year. Ross, a 6-foot-9 senior, is having a
SIMON WARBY/The Stanford Daily
hand, while McVeigh was able to keep
up her strong momentum this year and
come away with a 6-3, 6-1 win.
Sophomore Stacey Tan also closed
her match out in a tiebreaker, coming
back from multiple set points in the
breaker to eventually win, 6-4, 7-6(7).
Finally, Burdette was last off the court
after fighting through her own strug-
gles and her opponent’s varying pace
Please see WTENNIS, page 7
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breakout season with 88 kills, a team-
high 43 blocks and an impressive .462
hitting percentage.
“San Diego is another good, solid
team that digs a lot of balls and is
going to keep coming at you,” Kosty
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Tom Taylor
How do you define
perfection?
T
he Cardinal women’s
basketball team has-
n’t dropped a game in
either the Pac-10
conference or its end-
of-season tournament since Jan-
uary 2009 (a narrow loss at
Berkeley). In comparison, none
of the Pac-10 men’s basketball
teams has managed to come
close to a perfect record over the
same time period. Does this
mean: a) the Stanford women’s
team is freakishly good;or b) the
standard of play in the women’s
conference is worse (and thus
one team can more easily domi-
nate)?
The honest answer to that
question is probably halfway be-
tween the two: the Card is clear-
ly a very talented team, but the
other teams in the conference
are not able to perform consis-
tently at an equal level. Lack of
enough week-to-week competi-
tion may even have hurt Stan-
ford’s aspirations in March and
April, when it has perhaps not
been fully prepared for the brick
wall of UConn for two years
running, despite the upset last
December. Maybe a few losses
earlier in the season would have
made some difference.
Now consider football. Ore-
gon finished this year with a per-
fect record and its second con-
secutive Pac-10 championship.
In that time, the only team to ac-
tually knock off the Ducks in
conference play was last year’s
Cardinal. Looking further
afield, before the season-ending
bowl games, three of this year’s
teams had perfect records, and
in the year before, five teams
could claim that honor.So,is col-
SPORTS BRIEFS
Men’s Tennis Match
Postponed
The men’s tennis match be-
tween No. 8 Stanford and No. 28
BYU, originally scheduled for
today at 1:30 p.m., has been
postponed due to a scheduling
conflict.
The match has been resched-
uled for Tuesday, April 19th, at
1:30 p.m., at the Taube Tennis
Stadium.
Stanford (5-0) is coming off
of five straight dual-match wins,
with the two most recent being
perhaps the most impressive —
a 5-2 victory over No. 15 Texas
Tech and a 7-0 demolition of the
Utah Utes, both earned without
the contributions of its two top
players.
Junior Bradley Klahn and
senior Ryan Thacher received a
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lege football competitive? Were
those perfect teams truly spe-
cial, or did they just play weak
opponents?
I wouldn’t be the first person
to question the legitimacy of the
BCS Bowl system — to wonder
how to decide which unblem-
ished team should get to play for
a national championship — but
it’s not just the perfect teams
that could benefit from a fair
Finishing a season
unbeaten should
be no mean feat.
playoff system. In this year’s
NFL regular season, not a single
team can claim to have won
every game they played. The
New England Patriots came
closest with 14 wins and two
losses, and the last time anyone
achieved such perfection, it was
the Patriots again, back in 2007.
The Green Bay Packers, Super
Bowl XLV champions, were tied
for eighth in their regular season
results at 10-6.Any college team
with the same results as this
year’s best professional teams
would not even have figured in
the running for the big prize.
It does seem strange that we
demand so much more from col-
lege students.The pros do play a
few more games in the regular
season, 16 compared to about
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wildcard entry into the doubles
draw of the SAP Open in San
Jose and defeated the tourna-
ment’s No. 3 seeded team of
Dustin Brown and Rogier
Wassien in a tiebreaker, 6-3, 6-7
(6), 10-5.
The lefties also faced off
against veterans Alejandro
Falla and Xavier Malisse Thurs-
day afternoon, 6-0, 6-2.
Klahn also received a wild-
card entry into the singles draw,
but was quickly bounced by the
tournament’s No. 2 seed and
world No. 12 Gael Montfils in
straight sets.
As a team, the Cardinal will
take the court in Berkeley next
Saturday, Feb. 18 against No. 18
Cal in the first of two annual
Big Slams against the Golden
Bears.
— Miles Bennett-Smith
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floor, with 16 and 12 points, respec-
tively. Junior guard Jarrett Mann or-
chestrated the offense with confi-
dence, tallying a career-high 11 as-
sists. Powell also won the battle on
the boards with eight rebounds.
After a Powell fastbreak layup
gave Stanford a 2-0 lead just 49 sec-
onds into the game, the Card (13-10,
6-6 Pac-10) would never trail. The
first half saw complete Cardinal
dominance, with Stanford leading
by as much as 18 with 4:27 left in the
half.
Stanford’s bench had 12 points
in the first half to Washington
State’s zero, with key contributions
from junior big-man Jack Trotter as
well as freshman guard Aaron
Bright and his classmates at for-
ward, Josh Heustis and John Gage.
Stanford went into the break with a
convincing 45-28 lead.
The home team wouldn’t go
down without a fight, however. Led
by junior forward DeAngelo Casto,
who shot 6-for-7 on the half, the
Cougars (16-8, 6-6) showed flashes
of brilliance, rallying in the second
period to trail just 56-55 with 8:38
remaining.
But despite outscoring Stanford,
34-30, and outshooting it 46.4 to
33.3 percent on the half, Stanford
was able to pull out the road victory
in the game’s remaining minutes.
Powell displayed strong skills on
both sides of the ball, blocking, re-
bounding and scoring, while both
Green and Mann were both consis-
tent from the free throw line.
And it didn’t hurt that Stanford
was red-hot from three-point land,
shooting a phenomenal 87.5 per-
cent from behind the arc in the first
half alone, and a still-impressive
56.3 percent from three on the
game. That performance was in
sharp contrast to the Cougars’ 16.7-
percent shooting from range. The
Cardinal, which has struggled from
the line at various points this sea-
son, also shot a strong 16-for-19
(84.2 percent) from the charity
stripe. Defensively, the teams were
more evenly matched, with Stan-
ford narrowly out-rebounding
Washington State, 31-28, but match-
ing it on steals and blocks (five and
two, respectively).
Casto led Washington State with
22 points on 10-for-11 shooting,
while his classmate, forward Klay
Thompson,had seven rebounds and
15 points, well below his season av-
erage of 21.2 points per game. Ju-
nior guard Faisal Aden, who had 20
points in the Card’s Jan. 18 loss to
the Cougars, was held to just three
points in last night’s matchup.
On Saturday, Stanford will travel
to Seattle looking to sweep the sea-
son series against a conference-
leading Washington squad. Tip-off
against the Huskies is scheduled for
5:30 p.m. in Hec Edmundson Pavil-
ion.
Contact Caroline Caselli at caro-
linecaselli@stanford.edu.
Continued from page 6
said. “In a rally-score game to 25,
that’s a pretty good combination to
win.”
Stanford will look again to sev-
eral newcomers that have been
playing well lately. Freshmen out-
side hitters Eric Mochalski and
Brian Cook have both been in the
starting lineup for the Cardinal with
fellow freshman outside hitter
Steven Irvin getting plenty of play-
ing time as well.
“The freshmen have just been
great,” Kosty said.“They have an in-
tensity and knowledge and desire to
continually get better every day. It’s
a reflection on their character and
also shows how well the upperclass-
men are leading the way.”
In the two wins over Lewis and
Loyola, Mochalski had 14 kills on
just 17 swings, while Cook added 15
WBBALL
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guard Toni Kokenis’ three with 11:28
to go in the half.
But the Cougars weren’t going to
give up that easily. Thanks to
Perkins’ leadership, Washington
State charged back in the next six
minutes, attacking the basket suc-
cessfully past Cardinal forwards
Sarah Boothe,a redshirt sophomore,
and Mikala Ruef, a sophomore.That
helped the Cougars take an improb-
able 28-26 lead when Perkins nailed
a three with 6:51 to go.
But when Perkins punched, Stan-
ford’s Nnemkadi Ogwumike
punched back. The junior forward
did what she needed to do to help
Stanford take back its lead.
Nnemkadi Ogwumike scored
eight of the next 11 points for the
Cardinal, highlighted by a fast break
when senior point guard Jeanette
Pohlen bombed the ball downcourt
to senior forward Kayla Pedersen,
who lost the handle but still managed
to flip a no-look pass to a trailing
Nnemkadi Ogwumike, who laid it
home for a 35-28 lead.
Stanford’s traditionally strong
defense also steeled itself when it
needed to, forcing the Cougars to
make bad passes and take even
worse shots.Washington State didn’t
score for the last three minutes of the
first half, and the Cardinal took ad-
vantage of the Cougars’ troubles to
give itself a 46-32 lead heading into
the locker room.
Stanford head coach Tara Van-
Derveer said her team didn’t come
out with a great sense of urgency in
the first half.
“With every team that we play,
you look at the final score, but to get
to that 40-point win you have to do
the work,” she said. “I thought our
team came out a little casual, and we
were not as aggressive as we needed
to be early in the game.”
However, the Cardinal made the
Cougars pay in the first five minutes
of the second half, which Stanford
has dominated in all but one game
this season, a 91-71 loss at DePaul
back on Dec. 16.
Stanford came out of the break
with a 28-7 run to snuff the Cougars’
chances for good just nine minutes
kills and Irvin chipped in eight.
Playing every weekend under
stressful conditions has not been an
easy adjustment for the any of the
rookies, particularly because of the
physical demand on the players’
bodies.
“It’s definitely been exciting for
us, but it’s also been pretty hard for a
lot of reasons,” Mochalski said.
“Cook, Irvin and I aren’t really used
to this type of demand, but the
coaches, training staff are all looking
out for us.”
Another weekend with Friday-
Saturday matches will test the
team’s mettle as the season nears the
heart of conference play.
“The team that wins the MPSF is
going to be a team that is consistent,
night in and night out, and we are
continuing to work on that,” Kosty
said.
“In men’s volleyball, you don’t
win national championships in Janu-
ary or February,” he said. “It’s the
team that improves the most on the
season that will be able to go into the
into the half.
The scoring didn’t stop there, as
Stanford made an extraordinary
eight three-pointers on its way to a
54-point second half, its second-best
scoring output in the second half all
season on its way to the 41-point win.
Washington State head coach
June Daugherty praised her team’s
effort and improvement and mar-
veled at the Cardinal’s strengths.
“I think they’re the best in the
country,” Daugherty said. “There’s
no doubt in my mind.The thing that’s
so remarkable about them is that
they continue to get better every
game.It’s why I love being in the Pac-
10 — it’s a measuring stick every
time you play them.”
Stanford’s starters weren’t as im-
pressed with themselves, and they
said that’s the key that has kept them
hungry and successful this season.
“I actually think one of our best
qualities here is that we don’t have
an arrogant air about ourselves,”
Nnemkadi Ogwumike said. “We
don’t walk in and say ‘Oh, we’re
Stanford, let’s just play, things will
work for us.’ When things don’t nec-
essarily go our way and we’re not
performing, it’s a lack of concentra-
tion . . . I think we were too slow in
doing what we were supposed to do
and I think that’s why we had a little
slump in the first half.”
The Cardinal’s “Big Three” were
their usual dominant selves, as
Nnemkadi Ogwumike had a game-
high 19 points, Pedersen had 15 and
Pohlen had 12 points and a team-
high eight assists.
Kokenis also had an excellent
night off the bench, shooting 5-for-6
to score 13 points, her season high.
Stanford’s next test will be the
Washington Huskies, who comes
into Maples Pavilion on Saturday af-
ternoon.
The Cardinal handled the
Huskies with an easy 80-51 victory in
their last meeting in Seattle, but the
girls in purple and gold come to
Maples on a hot streak.
Washington has won three of its
last four games over conference foes,
including a 60-49 victory over Cal on
Thursday night to help its confer-
ence record to 5-7 overall.
Tip-off is set for 2 p.m. on Satur-
day afternoon in Maples Pavilion.
Contact Jack Blanchat at blanchat
@stanford.edu.
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NCAA tournament and win five in a
row.”
UC Irvine (5-7, 2-4) brings two of
the top outside hitters in the country
in Cory Yoder and Carson Clark.
The pair have combined for 356 kills
on the season, and Yoder’s .460 hit-
ting percentage is one of the best
marks in the country,particularly for
an outside hitter.
That leaves out two-time All-
American senior Jordan DeFault,
who has struggled a bit this year with
injuries, but certainly has the poten-
tial to have a big match.
Currently fourth in the MPSF
conference standings, Stanford can’t
afford to get caught looking ahead
to next weekend’s showdown at No.
1 USC.
The match against UC San Diego
is scheduled for 7 p.m. tonight at
Maples Pavilion, with the Saturday
match against UC Irvine slated for
the same time.
Contact Miles Bennett-Smith at miles-
bs@stanford.edu.
TAYLOR
Continued from page 6
13,but that’s their job.They are paid
a lot of money not to lose. They
don’t have to worry about taking
classes — they can just train and
play.
Finishing a season unbeaten
should be no mean feat. Arsenal
achieved this in 2004-05 to become
only the second ever ‘Invincible’
team in the top-flight of English
soccer. The other was Preston
North End — in 1888-89. The best
thing that a playoff system might do
would be to make the perfect sea-
son rare again.At most, just one Di-
vision I school would be able to
achieve this each year (the national
champions), but even that wouldn’t
be assured. There would be power-
ful one- and two-loss teams around
the league that would certainly not
be pushovers, and tricky unexpect-
ed challenges from all the confer-
ences. There might even be the
chance for a rematch, and some se-
rious payback, from a defeat earlier
in the season. The few teams that
did achieve this would etch their
names not just in school history, but
also in national lore.
What the University of Con-
necticut women’s basketball team
achieved over the last few years was
almost unbelievable. It remained
unbeaten for over two entire sea-
sons, recording back-to-back na-
tional championships with a 90-
game winning streak that took it
past the high water mark for any
winning streaks in the sport, set by
John Wooden’s legendary UCLA
men’s team in the 1970s. By looking
just at recent regular season
records, there would seem to be lit-
tle in common between UConn and
Stanford, the team whose wins
bookend that incredible streak. But
that comparison would do neither
justice. The Cardinal was clearly a
great team over that stretch, but the
Huskies were a phenomenon, set-
ting records that may never be beat-
en.The fact that it was only UConn
that kept Stanford from writing its
own little piece of history in this era,
and that the Huskies still have only
lost to one team in three years, says
a lot about both.
Playoffs aren’t just needed to
make the BCS system fair, but to
separate the good teams from the
truly legendary.
If you, like Tom Taylor, drool at the
thought of a college football playoff,
or if you, like Tom Taylor, just drool
all the time, let him know that he is
not alone at tom.taylor@stanford.
edu.
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 stanford’s weekly guide to campus culture
VO LU M E 239 . ISSUE 2
a publication of the stanford daily FRIDAY

02.11.11

Even if you’re not majoring in love,

look inside for some quick study tips.
inside TELEVISION
page 7
ABC takes a stab at comedy with “Mr
MUSIC
page 3
Stanford band Finding Jupiter hits their
cover
Sunshine.” stride with “East of Orion.”
How to get laid on
Anastasia
Javier Bardem speaks for the dead in “Biutiful.”
Valentine’s Day Yee
MOVIES
page 5 ADVICE
page 8

Valentine’s Day is almost here, and you know what that means. No, not another
year of “Buffy” reruns and consolation chocolates — it’s time to find yourself a hot
date. Here are some of the best places on campus to meet that special someone.

Places to Look for Love at Stanford

1
If midterms are throwing you off the prowl, don’t worry. Green Library is a hotspot, especially halfway through the
Green Library quarter. Brush up on your chemistry skills and offer some help to the girl staring angrily at her problem set.

Coupa Café
2
Not a morning person? Neither are 99 percent of college
students. Stop by before your 9 a.m. class, and you
might find someone tired enough to say yes to your
spontaneous dinner offer.

3
Spring break is coming up, and that means it’s
Arrillaga Gym time to hit the treadmill. Fortunately, it’s
packed with students trying to lose the
Freshman 15. Check out the ellipticals for one
to chat up.

4
The Circle There have been quite a few accidents in the Circle of Death
lately, but that doesn’t mean anyone is avoiding it. Try nudg-
of Death ing a cutie with your bike one morning and apologetically
ask if you can make it up to them with a date.

Random Frat
5
Always a classic choice, frat parties are filled with
random Stanford students looking for a fun
Party time. Now, grab one and get on the dance floor.
Don’t forget your cheesy pick-up line.

Eric Kofman/ The Stanford Daily

2
intermission
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East of Orion

FINDING JUPITER
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A
mere five months after the launch of
their debut album, Finding Jupiter
returns with a big bang. Their 15-
track remix album, “East of Orion,” does
“astro-not” disappoint.
No more Jetsons-esque puns, I promise.
Just had to get them out of my (solar) sys-
tem.
Finding Jupiter, a Stanford punk rock
band, employed the talents of East Coast DJs
Maximalism and Danoteck to remix the
band’s debut album, “Racing Against the
Sun.” Guitarist and vocalist Sarah Masimore
‘11 describes the new tunes as “avant garde .
. . push[ing] some artistic boundaries by
taking rock to a place it rarely goes.”
Indeed, their recent release is 56 min-
utes of experiments in sound. Each track
floats across several genres, with dubstep
meeting punk rock and acoustic guitar min-
gling with 80s-esque synthesizers. The result
is a strong remix album that rivals the origi-
nal, a rare dynamic.
The album starts strong with “Raze the
City (Seriously Mix),” an excellent blend of
fast-paced drums and spacey guitar effects.
Masimore’s vocals are absolutely heavenly
when given a touch of reverb, a trend that
continues throughout the next 14 tracks.
Given the current dominance of dub-
step, it’s no surprise to find “Swing (Dubby
Mix)” on this album. While not as dirty as
the beats heard at many an EBF Happy
Hour, this dubstep remix is a success.
FJ members left to right: Peter McDonald, Sarah Masimore, Taylor Brady, Dean Schaffer
Finding Jupiter’s punk rock vibe is surpris-
ingly compatible with the super-slow reggae
sound of this track.
Another stellar track is “Seamless (No
Seams Mix),” a sexy, slow tune that puts
Thievery Corporation to shame. Spacey
synths, sultry vocals and a smooth and steady
drumbeat make this song a highlight of the
listening experience. Granted, I’ve never left
the Earth’s atmosphere, but I imagine it feels
something like the sound of this song.
This album is awesome. It’s reminiscent
of an hour-long party at a co-op on Jupiter,
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with a few groovy aliens spinning tracks.
Maximalism and Danoteck successfully cap-
ture the extraterrestrial aesthetic while man-
aging to retain the most compelling ele-
ments of the original tracks. It’s not often
that a DJ can honor the assets of remixed
tunes, but the glory of Finding Jupiter’s
funky punk rock shines through. If you’re a
fan of punk rock, techno and outer space,
then “East of Orion” is for you.
—holly FETTER
contact holly: hfetter@stanford.edu

Lingerie and love

songs
L
ove songs and lingerie are
undoubtedly two very crucial
aspects of Valentine’s Day.
This may not be the case for
everyone, but music and underwear
are dynamic duo for Stanford’s Mixed
Company’s annual Valentine’s Day
show, “Love Sucks,” which takes place
this Friday evening, Feb. 11 at 7:30
p.m. in Toyon Lounge.
“Love Sucks” is Mixed Company’s
biggest and raunchiest show of the
year and arrives just in time for
Valentine’s Day. The show has been a
major part of the group’s repertoire in
the 25 years since its founding.
In case the name “Love Sucks”
didn’t hint at its anti-Valentine’s theme
strongly enough, the catchphrase of
the show is “No dates allowed!” which
foreshadows the edginess and promis-
cuity of event.
“We are the oldest co-ed and
arguably most attractive group on
campus. And we are aberrantly willing
to prove it by stripping on stage,” said
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Iñárritu proves
masterful once again at capturing human
drama, revisiting themes from his previous
effort, the critically acclaimed “Babel”
(2006), and eliciting a haunting perform-
ance from Javier Bardem as Uxbal, an
underworld figure seeking redemption for
himself as well as the recently departed.
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Set within the dark, gritty underworld of
Barcelona (the dead giveaway is a momentary
shot of Gaudí’s Sagrada Família from afar),
“Biutiful” is in many ways a continuation of
“Babel,” creating a narrative founded upon
death, (mis)communication, family and glob-
alization. But whereas “Babel” was split across
the globe, with the characters only connecting
tangentially, “Biutiful” remains rooted in Spain.
Uxbal, a middleman of sorts when it comes to
counterfeit goods and exploiting immigrant
labor, must deal with illegal aliens from Senegal
and China, all of whom are driven by greed.
Money is what holds their tenuous lives togeth-
er, and yet all the while threatens to destroy
them.
Bardem, sporting a coif only marginally
better than the one he wore in the Coen
brothers’ “No Country for Old Men” (2007),
captivates as a dying man trying to settle his
scores before leaving this life for the next. We
watch as Uxbal struggles to hold his family
together, making ends meet, while trying
hard not to completely rip off his foreign
clients, for whom he maintains a great ten-
derness despite his constant demands and
threats. In addition to his duties of father-
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hood, collecting payouts and bribing local o matter what happens, you and bad fortune, bad judgment and bad
police, Uxbal also acts as a speaker for the never, ever give up.” In dark, morals all come into play.
R
Drama dead: laying a cool hand on the foreheads of cold, flooded caves, this is the Detailed actions brilliantly convey the
most important rule of survival. Produced inner struggles of the characters and suc-
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thoughts and speaking with their families so by “Avatar” auteur James Cameron, cessfully arouse sympathy or detestation
that they can part on peaceful terms. “Sanctum” is the tale of a team of dedicated from the audience with heroic or shameful
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This touch of magic realism is new for explorers trapped in a cave, racing against actions from the characters. Australian
Iñárritu, whose signature style was formerly the clock for their very survival. Though it actors Richard Roxburgh and Rhys
one of shocking authenticity. However, the lacks originality, Wakesfield convincingly star as father and
the vital stats
spirituality of “Biutiful” is never fully this thriller Sanctum
son. Wakesfield shines in particular.
explored nor explained — a slight disap- incorporates R
Unlike Cameron’s most notable proj-
pointment because at two and a half hours, great camera Action
ects, “Sanctum” is oddly lacking in any
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there is ample time. As engrossing as Uxbal’s technique and A
romance. There is no aching yearning
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journey is, the film occasionally loses its pull, fleeting tear- 10
between Jack and Rose or Jake and Neytiri,
lapsing into a melancholic cycle to which jerking moments just pure adrenaline rush. Romantics will be
there is no apparent end. Money is glorified in a vivid, otherworldly adventure. sorely disappointed — the only sentimental
as the saving grace, but in the cruel world of A sentimental thriller directed by Alister component of the film is the father-son
“Biutiful,” there is never enough to go Grierson, “Sanctum” shows us the different bond between Frank (Roxburgh) and Josh
around, and when there is, it usually stays in facets of humanity. The movie centers on a (Wakesfield). Nevertheless, lack of a stronger
the hands of the least deserving. son discovering his cave-explorer father and emotional comfort is just a minor setback,
But as polemical as Barcelona may be, their emotional journey as they get to know since “Sanctum” does indeed deliver a
Iñárritu saves it from self-righteous politi- each other better on an adventure into the thrilling yet moving journey into one of the
cization by complicating the lives of the world’s biggest cave in Papua, New Guinea. least known places on earth as well as into
immigrants. Rather than simply portraying After the cave is flooded and the only known the cavers’ hearts.
them as the poor disadvantaged, he incorpo- exit blocked, the team has to search for
rates real human drama into their stories. Set another way out by going deeper down into —cindy NI
against this backdrop of survival in a new the caves. Death follows everywhere they go, contact cindy: hni@stanford.edu
place, there is a family rocked by a father’s
deportation, a patriarch dealing with the
advances of a male co-worker and a young
mother coping with unbearable work condi-
tions. In the end, it is a tale of human
endurance and not of racism, corruption or
any other concern that rears its head during
the course of the film.
Again collaborating with cinematogra-
pher Rodrigo Prieto, “Biutiful” is both vibrant
and realistic, at times achieving an almost
documentary-like feel as the camera follows
Uxbal through the narrow streets of
Barcelona and into the modest, decrepit
apartment he shares with his two young chil-
dren. This raw quality is what hooks the
viewer in and may leave him wanting when
the credits roll and ambiguity remains.
Redemption only exists in dreams, it seems to
suggest, while in life the most one can hope
for is forgiveness.
—misa SHIKUMA
contact misa:
Jasin Boland/Courtesy Universal Pictures/MCT
mshikuma@stanford.edu
 food
V-day dining for singles
[Ed. Note: Our usual columnist, Josh Glucoft,
is out this week. Evie Danforth is subbing in.]
A
nother year, another Valentine’s Day
on the Farm. Now that I’m a junior, I
have a Valentine’s evening tradition
established: a glass of wine with Juan, the
guy who works at the CoHo, followed by an
uncomfortable 20 minutes of wondering
why I went to the Synergy Valentine’s party
and if I look as weird naked as the average
Synergy resident does. Last year, I made the
mistake of tacking on dinner at a fancy
restaurant with a bunch of girls; the place
was filled with couples, and the waitress (see-
ing a table of kindred souls) explained as she
poured us another round of Arnold Palmers
that Valentine’s Day hadn’t seemed the same
since her boyfriend of six years dumped her
on her 27th birthday. But that doesn’t have
to be you! This year, start your own
Valentine’s tradition. Go to one of the many
quirky, super fun restaurants near campus,
places so un-romantic that the odds of see-
ing people making out over a plate of pan-
seared foie gras are about 1 in 8000. A few
good bets:
Chuck E. Cheese: Yes, really. Nothing says
“single and ready to mingle” like going to
Chuck E. Cheese on Valentine’s Day with a
group of your closest friends. Skee-ball,
arcade games and screaming toddlers? It’s
enough to make you forget that it’s February
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director Jessica Asperger ‘13.
The fun and risqué theme is paired with
great music by the 17-person a capella group.
Mixed Company will be performing songs
including “I’ll Be” by Edwin McCain,
“Everything” by Fefe Dobson, “The Chain” by
Ingrid Michaelson and numerous new num-
bers.
Asperger is very pleased with the energy
that the new members of Mixed Company
have brought to the group and to “Love Sucks.”
“It is going to make the show very differ-
14. I can’t vouch for the quality of the pizza,
but the official Chuck E. Cheese’s website
does have a sub-section labeled “Product
Recalls,” so at least they care about food safe-
ty. But be warned — due to liability issues,
adult males cannot enter a Chuck E. Cheese’s
alone, so be sure to go with friends! Located
at 2541 El Camino Real in Redwood City,
open until 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday
and 11 p.m. on the weekends.
Asia SF: If you’re willing to go further afield
for Valentine’s dinner, this is the coolest place
in San Francisco. Asia SF is an Asian fusion
restaurant with really solid food (I love the
banana beignets) and a great cocktail menu.
But more than that, Asia SF is a once in a
lifetime experience — during dinner, scantily
dressed models on a central runway perform
a sassy burlesque show complete with lots of
awkward diner participation. The twist? The
girls in the show are all “gender illusionists,”
a particularly artful term the restaurant uses
for transvestite — although you’d never
know unless someone told you beforehand.
It all makes for a provocative, wildly enter-
taining night. Note: this is not a recommend-
ed option for a first date with Bill O’Reilly.
Located at 201 9th Street in San Francisco,
open until 10 p.m. on Sundays, 11 p.m. on
Wednesday and Thursday, and 2 a.m. on the
weekends.
The Alpine Inn: Formerly known as
Rossotti’s, this dive bar perched in the hills of
ent but a lot fun,” she said.
“As a new member, I am excited to be part
of this tradition,” said Cole Stites-Clayton ‘14.
“I am excited because all of our friends
can come see a big show with all types of
music,” said Derrick Contreras ‘14.
Members will don appropriately scan-
dalous attire ranging from boxers to corsets to
bathrobes.
“There may or may not be a onesie at the
show,” Asperger said.
In between songs, the group will perform
Evie Danforth/ The Stanford Daily
The Alpine Inn is a great place to escape to if you’re single on Valentine’s Day.
Portola Valley is steeped in Stanford lore
(although students don’t seem to come here
as often anymore). The homey, wooden inte-
rior is decked out with old Stanford memo-
rabilia, and the worn, wooden picnic tables
are all carved up with initials, Greek letters
and other relics from a Stanford gone by.
When the sun is shining, the “beer garden”
out back is idyllic. This is an ideal place to
watch a football game with a mix of Portola
Valley old-timers and Silicon Valley yuppies
in spandex that have huffed and puffed their
way to the bar on $1000-dollar road bikes.
More importantly, the burgers here are actu-
ally amazing; they’re nothing fancy or com-
plex, but the sparseness is what makes them
love-themed skits, including a possible skit
based off the popular website “likealittle.com”
and another poking fun at Stanford’s other a
cappella groups.
“It’s all out of love,” Asperger explained.
“We make fun of ourselves as well.”
Stanford’s Student Health Peer Resource
Center (SHPRC) will make a quick presenta-
tion at the show to keep
with the sexual spirit of the
performance. Expect free
condoms to be distributed.
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so refreshing and good (that, and the buns
are slathered in butter, which is awesome).
Located at 3915 Alpine Road, Portola Valley
and open until 10 p.m. every day but Sunday,
when they close at 5:30 p.m.
Some other good bets: Buck’s in Woodside
(Brunch, decorated with crazy memorabilia,
the place where Silicon Valley VCs made
many of the tech bubble’s most important
investment decisions); Nola in Palo Alto (a
fun homage to New Orleans with really good
Cajun food).
— e v i e D A N F O RT H
c o n t a c t e v i e : e rd a n f o r @ s t a n f o rd . e d u
The show’s fun reputation, the spirit of
the Mixed Company members and the overall
sexy vibe that accompanies the event’s theme
indicate that although love may suck, the show
will not.
—nairi STRAUCH
contact nairi: nstrauch@stanford.edu
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 comedy
Lively Arts: The Umbilical Brothers
Billed among dance and theater program-
ming in venues across the nation and
around the world, the Umbilical Brothers’
performances can scarcely be described in
terms of dance or drama alone. Add physical
comedy, invoke vaudeville and garnish with
a generous helping of silliness to begin to
approximate what’s in store.
Former acting school classmates, Shane
Dundas and David Collins have said they
learned together the “foundations of mod-
ern performance: lack of confidence [and]
abject poverty.” Upon “deciding that mime
classes aren’t loud enough,” they assembled
an act of their own, unequivocally louder
and certainly more outrageous, one that
would become the first of many. Initial runs
of their material produced the desired effect
— laughter — and the Umbilical Brothers
were born in 1990.
In the first year of their endeavor, they
won first prize at a stand-up comedy com-
petition in Sydney and took grand prize in
Australia’s “Star Search.” The dynamic Aussie
duo had audiences rolling in their seats
throughout Australia and began touring
extensively, spreading hilarity in the United
States, Europe, South Africa and more. In
the past two decades, they have performed
in fringe, comedy and mime festivals, at tra-
ditional theaters and Woodstock, the
Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Late Night
with David Letterman and more.
“THWAK,” created in 1999, was the first
of their productions designed specifically for
American audiences sans cultural transla-
tion. That same year, they were listed in
Entertainment Weekly’s “100 Most Creative
People in Entertainment,” one of many
awards and distinctions they’ve garnered
over the years.
Called “an uproarious fiesta of carefully
choreographed mayhem,” Dundas and
Collins weave their acute sense of comedic
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timing, artistry with silence and sound
effects, and enviable physical control with a
propensity to clown around. The Umbilical
Brothers’ strain of physical theater toes a
fine line between the intelligent and the
immature, resulting in a comical but clever
program with some explicit language and
references that might make parents wary of
bringing young children along.
In quite the poignant passage of friend-
ly competition, the two brainstorm and
demonstrate endless ways to flip each other
off — from slingshot and windshield wipers
to “read between the lines.” Their little tiff
dissolves as they ask the audience to suggest
various sports they could enact to creatively
give each other the finger, ending with a
ploy to give them the finger, which had
ostensibly flown beyond the footlights in a
sword fighting accident.
As they slip back and forth between
choreographed material and improvisation,
Dundas and Collins’ comedic chemistry
never abates. Though they are not in fact
biological brothers, the ease of their onstage
antics would suggest otherwise.
Dundas and Collins will perform “THWAK”
in Pigott Theatre as part of the Lively Arts
season on Saturday, Feb. 12 at 5 p.m. and 9
p.m., and Sunday, Feb. 13 at 7 p.m.
—stav ZIV
contact stav: sziv@stanford.edu

books
E
ver since “Twilight,” it seems
like everyone and their
mother wants a piece of the
vampire-and-werewolf pie. Gail Z.
Martin takes it a step further, com-
bining a whole host of fantasy
clichés in her latest novel, “The
Sworn.” The main protagonist is a
reluctant king who happens to be
the most powerful sorcerer in the
land, graced with a number of
rare, hereditary magical talents and
inordinate good looks (complete
with striking green eyes). One of
his allies is a shamaness who could
have stepped from the pages of a
Marion Zimmer Bradley novel
into her pseudo-Sioux tipi. The
villain is a dark wizard who uses
blood magic and tampers with
‘The Sworn’ lacks bite
tombs. And then, of course, there
are vampires. And werewolves. She
calls them “vyyash morn” and
“vyrkin,” respectively, but that
doesn’t make them any less “Team
Edward” or “Team Jacob;” what
saves them, barely, is that none of
them are romancing teenage girls
— yet. “The Sworn” is the first
book in a new series, and this
reader, for one, would not be sur-
prised if Martin tossed a vampire-
human dalliance into book two.
The plot is arguably even
more cringe-worthy. “The Sworn”
opens with a lengthy italicized pro-
logue that is nothing more than an
overly-dramatic whirlwind sum-
mary of the backstory. This reader
would have been tempted to close
the book then and there if she did
not have a review to write. She
pressed on and found the rest of
the novel only marginally better.
The story was repetitive, trite and
poorly organized; it was, to top it
all off, plagued by inherent struc-
tural problems. Martin made the
questionable decision to follow
multiple sets of characters in par-
allel, each experiencing the same
threat in a different location. This
can be done well — “The Lord of
the Rings” comes to mind — but
Martin is no Tolkien. Instead, the
reader is left with the same story
being told three or four times in
disjointed installments, with not
nearly enough variation to make
the second or third retelling inter-
esting. Add to this the unfortunate
fact that the various parties are in
communication throughout the
story, and the author’s urge to have
them exchange letters describing
the events that have transpired,
and the reader is left to wonder if
perhaps Martin was pressed to
meet a deadline, or a word count.
Ultimately, this reviewer must
admit that she did not finish the
book; she merely hopes that she
has read and recounted enough of
it to spare any other potential
readers the experience.
—sarah GUAN
contact sarah: sguan@stan-
ford.edu

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Sarcasm and “Mr. Sunshine:”
A Case Study
T
hough Matthew Perry is
incontrovertibly the most
prominent cast member of
ABC’s new half-hour comedy “Mr.
Sunshine,” I’m more interested in
the path of actress Andrea Anders,
who plays Perry’s love interest, the
marketing director Alice. Anders
returned to the arena of ABC com-
edy on Wednesday in the
“Sunshine” pilot, having taken a
brief hiatus after the cancellation
of “Better off Ted” last spring. It’s
interesting that ABC clearly likes
Anders (she’s cute, blonde, slightly
sassy) and more so that the alumni
of “Friends” like her (she starred
opposite Matt LeBlanc in “Joey”)
but that ABC and its viewers didn’t
like “Better off Ted.”
From the perspective of finan-
cial success, “Better off Ted” failed
because its objective, to satirize
corporate culture and the cretins
who inhabit it, was humorous to
an insufficient audience. To an
avid fan of the show — such as
myself — the disinterest of the
majority is ironic because corpora-
tions and the products they sell are
the closest we come to universals
in our consumerist culture. The
lesson to take from the cancella-
tion of “Better Off Ted” is that
satire and subtlety are not suited to
network television.
With “Mr. Sunshine,” however, it
would seem that ABC has not fully
given up on these notions of com-
edy, a position that is simultane-
ously comforting and confusing.
The show centers on Ben Donovan
(Perry) and his position as manag-
er of the Sunshine Center, a San
Diego sports venue. We find a pro-
tagonist suffering from self-inflict-
ed anhedonia and isolation in a
workplace populated by a delu-
sional, self-medicating owner
(Allison Janney), her emotionally
and physically doughy long-lost
son, a former basketball star
turned unfailingly optimistic assis-
tant and Anders as the co-worker
with benefits. In the pilot alone,
the circus — literally — comes to
town, revealing clowns with axes,
lost elephants, a musical and eth-
nically offensive press conference,
Courtesy ABC
television
REMOTE
and Hugo Reyes’ new career as
a janitor. As you can see, we’ve
deviated significantly from
WHAT TO WATCH NEXT
the simple hook of
WEEK
“Chandler from Friends” and
Monday at 9 p.m. : Check
offered audiences a potpourri
out the second episode of
of the absurd, awkward and
“The Chicago Code,” one of
borderline offensive.
the few cop shows to feature
As such, the show and its mar-
the Windy City and the only
keting valorize two antithetical
one to tout Jennifer Beals.
entities, the former glory of
(FOX)
Matthew Perry and the absurd
Wednesday at 10 p.m. :
lack of realism in the support-
Who will be the next Shonda
ing characters. The result of
Rhimes? Her former co-pro-
this mixture can be seen in the
ducer Jenna Bans makes a
show’s title image: a sun in a
case for herself with her new
pastel sky with an unexpressive
series “Off the Map.” (ABC)
emoticon face. This seeming
Thursday at 10 p.m. : “30
urge to revel in the contrary
Rock” has been on fire since
via contradictions suggests an
returning from winter hiatus,
artistic removal that most net-
with three solid episodes of
works lack. Perry represents
celebrity cameos and jabs at
the traditional MO of network
the NBC/Comcast merger.
television: safe, a little stale,
(NBC)
male, heterosexual, all charac-
teristics of the mainstream; the
supporting characters repre-
ability to gather and juxtapose
sent a perverse addiction to what is
kitsch elements reflects a talent for
awkward and unfamiliar. The show
observation, not necessarily the
would have us identify with Perry
power to run a network television
as the familiar actor and as the
show.
rational character who has per-
“Better Off Ted” had a thesis that
spective on all the crazy surround-
trickled down to write the jokes;
ing him. However, I find myself
the “Mr. Sunshine” functions on a
drawn to the latter, much in the
bottom-up model, in which funny
way that we appreciate Michael
ideas beg for the greater frame of a
from “Arrested Development” but
television series. Sitcoms and pro-
dress up as Tobias or Gob for
cedurals inherently define them-
Halloween. It’s great to see one of
selves in opposition to overarching
the four major networks produce a
themes and conflicts of serials, but
comedy with a sarcastic point of
content, especially humor, needs to
view and a quirky sensibility, but I
work towards a greater goal.
need evidence of coherence for the
characters and the season. The
— l i z S TA R K
contact liz: estark12
@stanford.edu
7
friday february 11 2011
Roxy Sass’s
guide to
getting laid
on V-Day
V alentine’s Day celebrates
the execution of an early
Christian martyr around
A.D. 2000 as well as, in more modern
times, the draconian grip that
Hallmark holds upon men in rela-
tionships around the world. But for
the true spirit of the holiday, Roxy
advises looking no farther than the
bedroom (or kitchen, abandoned
classroom, back alley, etc.):
Valentine’s Day is a time to get laid
— whatever it takes.
Roxy never backs away from a
challenge. Want to get a little bang
for your buck this Valentine’s Day?
The various methods to unlock suc-
cess — and to unzip those jeans —
lie below:
Jargon-laced pickup lines
Nothing makes that stud in your dis-
cussion section perk up like a pickup
line that shows both a deep under-
standing of the subject at hand as
well as a willingness to be his or her
subject at hand. Econ major, for
example? Roxy knows that if you toss
a few nonchalant observations about
the steady growth in his private sec-
tor and solutions for addressing
inflationary issues, the point gets
across pretty well. Got eyes for your
hot CS ta? /* This method removes
all graphics objects from the canvas,
just as Roxy would like to remove all
clothes from your body. */
Shot-or-send . . . sans shot
Roxy often finds herself frustrated by
the lack of honesty in today’s social
interactions — especially via text.
You only have 160 characters, so why
waste them on platitudes and pleas-
antries? “Let’s get coffee sometime?”
No. “Let’s have sex tomorrow?” Yes.
“Are you going out tonight? :)”
Lame. “When I find you at the party,
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advice
I’m going to do dirty things to you,
and you’re going to like it?” Always.
“I’m kinda busy this week?”
Cowardly. “I actually would rather
date your neighbor?” That’s more
like it. College is short; text the truth.
Roxy knows it might lead to some
enemies, but it’s also more likely to
lead into someone’s bed on the 14th.
Old school
A bouquet of roses is, in many cases, a
highly effective panty dropper. Get
some. (Roxy prefers poppies . . . just,
you know, for the record.) Girls: The
old adage that the way to a man’s heart
is through his stomach is true, but just
so you know, focusing about 10 inches
below instead works pretty well too.
Ex-sex
Roxy’s a proud woman, but not too
proud to admit that she has strayed
into this gray area on multiple occa-
sions, usually when times are rough
and pickings are slim. Pros: it’s an
easy lay and a bad idea, and when
Roxy knows something is just a little
wrong, it makes it feel that much
more right. Cons: it runs the risk of
post-liaison complications. As
always, Roxy’s rule of thumb is to be
the guest, not the host, so that she
retains the ability to leave whenever
things shift from raunchy to awk-
ward. Peg it and leg it, folks.
—roxy SASS
FRIDAY
02.11.11
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