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FRIDAY Volume 240
September 30, 2011 Issue 6
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By JACK BLANCHAT
DESK EDITOR
After a week away from game ac-
tion, the Stanford football team fi-
nally returns to work at home this
Saturday against UCLA, hoping to
pick up right where it left off and
continue the nations longest win-
ning streak.
The Cardinal (3-0, 1-0 Pac-12) au-
thored three dominant performanc-
es before its bye week and is a large
favorite against the Bruins (2-2, 1-0);
but all eyes will be on a Stanford de-
fense that is missing junior line-
backer and team-leading tackler
Shayne Skov and with good rea-
son.
The Bruins boast two solid run-
ning backs in Johnathan Franklin
and Derrick Coleman, each of whom
have amassed nearly 300 yards rush-
ing already. Chances are they will go
right after the heart of a Cardinal de-
fense that is ranked number one
against the rush in the country, allow-
ing only 36 yards per game, but the
defense wont tolerate any drop in
performance despite the loss of
Skov.
Were going to play hard, make
sure we do our own jobs,said senior
safety Delano Howell. They are re-
ally good running backs and they
run hard, but we just have to make
sure and [sic] be physical, and thats
the type of defense that we think we
are.
Weve got [junior linebacker]
Jarek Lancaster stepping up and we
have a lot of confidence in him; and
were just going to have high expec-
tations for our performance, How-
ell continued.
In addition to the ground tandem
of Franklin and Coleman, the Bru-
ins pistol offense also relies heavily
on wideout Nelson Rosario, who, at
6-foot-5 and 219 pounds, will be the
biggest target the Cardinal has faced
all season. Rosario leads the team
with 15 receptions for 277 yards and
made one of the most spectacular
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Freshman forward Zach Batteer is fourth on the team with
11 shots, but consistent with the Cardinals scoring woes,
has not been able to find the back of the net so far. Stan-
ford hopes to reverse its fortunes this weekend against two
teams which have dominated the Cardinal in the past.
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UCLA TO CHALLENGE CARD UP
FRONT IN SKOVS ABSENCE
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Dawkins
seat may
be hot
I
f you are currently an under-
grad, I want you to think of the
last time during your academic
career when a coach of any
Stanford sport was fired.
You cant.
Were blessed as Stanford fans to
avoid the national trend of coaching
attrition. Its all too easy to suggest
that our coaches get a free, lifetime
pass because of the relatively small
amount of outside pressure to per-
form. Is the booster presence the
same here as the SEC? No. Do stu-
dents lose sleep over basketball sea-
sons that end without a trip to the Big
Dance? Maybe just this one.
So why, then, are there three
coaches with at least 25 years of head
coaching experience on the Farm and
a slew of others who have called Palo
Alto home for over a decade? Be-
cause Stanford is really damn good at
sports.
HEADING SOUTH
CARDINAL BEGINS PAC-12
PLAY WITH BRUINS, AZTECS
By MILES BENNETT-SMITH
MANAGING EDITOR
Fresh off two key wins at home against
Vermont and Harvard last weekend, the
mens soccer team enters Pac-12 play with
momentum on its side for the first time all
fall. Losing four of the first five matches to
begin the season brought back memories of
last year, when the Cardinal (3-4-1) lost
four straight games and struggled to recov-
er, ultimately missing out on the NCAA
Tournament for the seventh time in eight
years.
Head coach Bret Simon puts much of
the blame for the early-season hiccups on
himself.
Sometime in the winter and spring, I
think I may have overestimated how much
ground we could cover, Simon said. A
coach has a concept in his mind of how the
team will play the following year. It looks
good in training, but the vision I saw for the
team this fall just didnt work when we got
there.
Stanford lost five regular starters and
several key bench pieces, and a slight
change in the formation has left just three
players starting in the same position as last
season one of whom is redshirt sopho-
more goalie Jason Dodson.
To put all those pieces together, on the
road, with all the new roles and new players,
it just didnt quite happen, Simon said of
having to play the first three matches on the
UCLA
(2-2, 1-0 Pac-12)
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NOTES: No. 6 Stanford hopes to remain the
only undefeated team in the Pac-12 and
extend the nations longest active winning
streak. Coming off a bye week, the Cardi-
nal will have to adjust to life after junior
linebacker Shayne Skov, who is out for the
season with a knee injury.
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By KRISTIAN DAVIS BAILEY
STAFF WRITER
Stanford has devoted increasing at-
tention to its campaign addressing sexu-
al violence on campus since the forma-
tion of the Office of Sexual Assault and
Relationship Abuse (SARA) Educa-
tion & Response last June.
In June, the University appointed
Angela Exson as the new Assistant
Dean of SARA.
Hiring Angela Exson institutional-
izes Stanfords commitment to ending
violence against women, said Nicole
Baran 00, founder and director of the
Center for Relationship Abuse Aware-
ness, which seeks to change campus cul-
ture by addressing the underlying caus-
es of sexual assault and relationship
abuse.
SARA will coordinate the re-
sponse to incidents of sexual violence
and relationship abuse while conduct-
ing outreach to raise awareness about
Univ. expands anti-sexual
violence campaign
UNIVERSITY
Exson
fights sex
assaults
Please see SARA, page 2
the dynamics of the issues and the
detrimental impact that they incur,
Exson wrote in an email to The
Daily.
The first year is about establish-
ing protocol there is policy for
dealing with sexual assault policy
but no protocol, and with relation-
ship abuse, we have protocols but we
dont have policy in place, Exson
said in a follow-up interview.
There will be an evaluation
process to see whats working and
how we engage with the campus and
the community at large once new
protocols and policies have been re-
viewed, established and publicized,
Exson added.
SARA plans to work with the
YWCA, an organization which, ac-
cording to its website, is dedicated to
empowering women and eliminat-
ing racism, in addition to Residential
Education (ResEd) and Cousensel-
ing and Psychological Services
(CAPS) and campus police. The
group will also work collaboratively
with the Center for Relationship
Abuse Awareness.
Since 2006, the center has man-
aged the Stanford University Part-
nership to End Violence Against
Women.The center promotes aware-
ness through training sessions for
student staff, fraternities and sorori-
ties, an eight-hour education pro-
gram for students and through a fem-
inist studies course titled Violence
Against Women: Theory, Issues and
Prevention,now in its fifth year.
The U.S. Department of Justices
Office on Violence Against Women
has funded the Center through two
separate grants over the last five
years and is currently considering
Stanfords application for another
three-year grant.The Department of
Justice will announce the results in
October.
An Underreported Crime
The number of reported forcible
sexual offenses doubled to 21 in
2010 from 10 the previous year, ac-
cording to the Department of Public
Safetys 2011 Annual Security and
Fire Safety report released to the
Stanford community Sept. 27. The
report also saw the number of re-
ported forcible rapes triple to 13 in
2010, from four reports the previous
year.
An increase in reports doesnt
necessarily indicate an increase in
incidences, Exson said when asked
to comment on the increase, adding
that the rate of reports is related to
the nature of administrative and stu-
dent responses toward sexual vio-
lence on campus.
Sexual assault and relationship
abuse are two of the most underre-
ported violent crimes nationwide.
According to a 2008 California
Coalition Against Sexual Assault
(CALCASA) Report, one in four
college women were victims of rape
or attempted rape while in school.
Between 2000 and 2009, there were
169 reported cases of sexual vio-
lence at Stanford, the report said.
Because only 10 percent of sex-
ual assault cases are reported, often
due to fear of judgment, victim
blaming or retaliation, many more
students are being assaulted without
access to support and resources,
Baran said.
There is an increase in reports if
people are aware of the options that
exist and feel empowered enough
to make that choice, Exson said.
Whether people report, go to Judi-
cial Affairs, or not, SARA wants to
get services and resources out so
students can feel supported emo-
tionally.
Sometimes students dont re-
port for very personal reasons,
Exson added. Students can consult
me on the options, rights and re-
sources that are available to assist
them. The goal is to respect and
honor the survivors agenda to the
fullest extent possible, while main-
taining the safety of the community
in a way that upholds the standards
of the University and any applicable
legislative mandates.
Exson stated that one of the
most effective ways to reduce sexu-
al violence and increase relation-
ship abuse awareness is to chal-
lenge and critique the negative soci-
etal messages [we] receive about re-
lationships, sex and the importance
of consent.
Students have responded to the
issue of sexual violence on campus
through a number of initiatives. Sev-
enty students have interned with the
Partnership to End Violence Against
Women since its founding. In addi-
tion, last spring, students initiated the
first Survivors Group for victims of
sexual violence on campus.
The group was very well-attend-
ed, wrote Viviana Arcia 13, one of
the student initiators of the group
and president of the Womens Coali-
tion, in an email to The Daily. Be-
cause of the positive response we re-
ceived from students and many ad-
ministrators, we were able to lobby
CAPS to officially support the group
this coming school year, particularly
in terms of providing a trained coun-
selor.
Arcia said the Survivors Group
will work closely with Dean Exson
to ensure that the University pro-
vides the necessary resources for vic-
tims of sexual violence.
Sexual and domestic violence
are community issues, Arcia said.
Sexual assault would decrease if
the student community as a whole
were able to understand that no one
can avoid sexual assault, that only
the perpetrator is responsible for
sexual assault or relationship abuse
and that victim-blaming will not
deter these crimes from being com-
mitted.
The Survivors Group held its first
weekly meeting Sept. 27.
Contact Kristian Davis Bailey at kbai-
ley@stanford.edu.
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NEWS
Dyslexia may just be a label,
study suggests
By THE DAILY NEWS STAFF
The brains of children with dyslexia and those of chil-
dren with low IQ have few differences, according to re-
search from Stanford psychologists.
The research, carried out by psychiatric students, was
conducted by asking children with low-reading skills,
some with dyslexia and others with low IQs, a series of
rhyme-recognition questions. During this time, a func-
tional MRI scanner monitored the subjects.
They found that 80 percent of the time, children diag-
nosed with dyslexia and those with lower IQs had identi-
cal MRI scans. In the Journal of Psychological Science
the researchers said that the longstanding and widely
applied diagnosis of dyslexia by IQ discrepancy is not
supported.
Oxford professor John Stein, who founded the
Dyslexia Research Trust, has hotly contested the re-
search. In an interview with British newspaper The Tele-
graph, Stein said, Dyslexia is real. This study ignores all
the genetic evidence, and a lot of other neurological evi-
dence that dyslexia is a distinct syndrome.
Brendan OByrne
U.S. policy correlated with higher
African abortion rate
One of former President George W. Bushs first acts
after taking office in early 2001 was to cut funding for all
NGOs operating abroad that provided funding for abor-
tions. The policy, highly touted by social conservatives,
has caused the abortion rates in countries where those
NGOs were operating to rise, according to two Stanford
researchers.
Researchers at the School of Medicine Dr. Eran Ben-
david, Patrick Avila and Grant Miller Ph.D. found that
the African countries where funding was cut the most
had the highest rises in abortion rates. Between 2001 and
2008, countries most affected by the policy saw abortion
rates more than double.
The unintended consequences stem from the fact that
many organizations that provide family planning, such as
International Planned Parenthood Federation, also pro-
vide contraception and information about birth control
in addition to abortion counseling.
If women use abortion as a substitute for modern
contraceptives, then reductions in birth control supply
could lead to an increase in abortions,said Miller, assis-
tant professor of medicine and Stanford Health Policy
faculty member, in an interview with the Stanford Re-
port.
The policy, originally enacted by former President
Ronald Reagan, was based on the principle that taxpay-
er money should not be spent on funding abortions.
Regardless of ones view about abortion, this result
shows that the policy objectives of neither side are being
met,Miller said.
Brendan OByrne
Belief in potential for change
increases likelihood of
compromise, study indicates
Simply telling Palestinians and Israelis on opposite
sides of the contentious conflict that people are general-
ly capable of change can dramatically increase their will-
ingness to compromise, according to a paper written by
Stanford researchers and published in the journal Sci-
ence.
Most conflict resolution strategies require you to
bring the two groups together, said Stanford psycholo-
gy professor Carol Dweck in an interview with the Stan-
ford Report. But just attempting this in an incendiary
conflict can cause people to react negatively.
Without mentioning specific adversaries, Stanford re-
searchers found that presenting articles suggesting peo-
ple could change over time actually improved the
chances that the reader would be willing to make com-
promises in their own regions conflict; case studies indi-
cated this in areas such as North Ireland and Yugoslavia.
Also surprising to the researchers was that even those
with no interest in the issue showed similar results.
I think the most amazing results were from the West
Bank Palestinians, Dweck said. These included mem-
bers of Fatah and Hamas people who have no stake in
the continued existence of Israel.
Brendan OByrne
New process shows role RNA
plays in unlocking genes
Stanford researchers developed a way to pinpoint the
exact location of DNA sequences bound by regulatory
RNAs by finding where RNA molecules were binding
on chromatin, according to dermatology professor and
lead author Howard Chang in a press release.
Regulatory RNAs are a critical part of many cell
processes, especially those related to regeneration and
development. They are also a critical part of unlocking
genes.
Messenger RNAs were first identified half a century
ago, and over the years, the information flow from DNA
to RNA to protein became a central tenet of molecular
biology. The discovery of regulatory RNAs have chal-
lenged that view, since they bind to DNA and affect
which genes lead to protein synthesis.
Given the propensity of these long intergenic non-
coding RNAs, or lincRNAs, in chromatin, researchers
wondered exactly where the binding sites were that reg-
ulate gene function.
To capture this picture, you have to trap that interac-
tion between lincRNAs and chromatin in living cells,
Chang said. It was not at all obvious how to do that.
Using their technique, the group was able to examine
the binding of three lincRNAs, two from mammals and
one from the fruit fly. Since they werent sure which part
SPEAKERS & EVENTS
Keltner talk explores
empathy, evolution
By ERIN INMAN
SENIOR STAFF WRITER
Dacher Keltner Ph.D., professor
of psychology at UC-Berkeley and
the faculty director of Berkeleys
Greater Good Science Center,
spoke Thursday night on compas-
sion from an evolutionary, sur-
vival-of-the-kindest perspective.
The talk was a part of Stanfords
Center for Compassion and Altru-
ism Research and Educations
(CCARE) Meng Wu Lecture Se-
ries, which celebrates researchers
thoughts on compassion and relat-
ed fields.
Evolutionary thought has had a
lot of trouble thinking about the
deep origins of compassion and al-
truism, Keltner said. While knowl-
edge of human morphology and so-
cial behaviors has advanced, social
theorists are divided on the nature
of human goodness, opting for ei-
ther a metaphysical or cultural con-
struct.
Darwin first attempted to explain
survival of the kindest by positing
that those with a stronger sympathy
trait will flourish and reproduce,
thereby allowing the trait to increase
in prevalence, Keltner said.
Compassion a tool for
survival, lecturer said
NEWS BRIEFS
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SARA|ANTI-SEX ASSAULT
MEHMET INONU/The Stanford Daily
Angela Exson, assistant dean of the-
Office of Sexual Assault and Rela-
tionship Abuse, was appointed last
June. Exson plans to raise aware-
ness of her office among students.
Please see BRIEFS, page 3
Please see KELTNER, page 3
The Stanford Daily Friday, September 30, 2011 N3
By IVY NGUYEN
MANAGING EDITOR
This report covers a selection of incidents
from Sept. 19 through Sept. 27 as recorded in the
Stanford Department of Public Safety bulletin.
During this period, a higher than usual num-
ber of bike collisions occurred throughout cam-
pus.
MONDAY, SEPT. 19
IA report was filed at 11 a.m. that someone at-
tempted to gain entry to room 127 of the Cum-
mings Art Building between Sept. 15 and this
date. While entry was not made, deep gouges
were found on the doors shaft.
IAt 1:10 p.m. a woman at the intersection of La-
suen and Serra Mall was transported to the
San Jose Main Jail and booked for violation of
a court stay away order.
IBetween 1:20 p.m. and 2 p.m. someone stole a
wallet from a cubicle at the Center for Clinical
Sciences Research. One credit card was used
to purchase fuel at a Valero gas station in
Mountain View.
IBetween 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. someone stole an
iPod and money from an unattended desk at
the Visitor Information Center.
TUESDAY, SEPT. 20
IBetween 8:40 a.m. and 9:10 a.m. a cable-locked
POLICE BLOTTER
Keltner argued there must be
systems driving the emergence and
spread of sympathy and compas-
sion in the gene pool. He said that
four things were necessary for
compassion to possess an evolu-
tionary background: a care-giving
system, a reliable indicator, a con-
tagion process and an advantage.
It is evolutionarily important
that people are able to recognize
compassion so that others may de-
tect the trait and form cooperative
relationships. However, unlike
many emotions such as sadness or
anger, compassion lacks a universal
facial signature. Instead, the uni-
versal identification for compas-
sion lies in your voice, he said.
Laugh and people will perceive
your amusement, Keltner said; this
vocal burstis just one such sound
that effectively communicates
emotion. The same concept is true
for compassion; say aww and
people will identify sympathy in
your voice.
Though compassion is commu-
nicated through vocal bursts, it is
first spread through touch.Accord-
ing to Keltner, tactile contact builds
trusting relationships. For example,
if you pat a student on the back, he
or she is twice as likely to speak out
in class. In basketball, the more
touch that occurs at the individual
and team level, the better the team
plays together and the more games
they win later in the season.
Its incredible what anatomy
weve been endowed with to make
touch such an incredible medium
of emotion and compassion, Kelt-
ner said.
And for good reason too, be-
cause apparently it pays to be good.
Keltner cited studies showing that
more compassionate parenting
produces healthier offspring and
that compassion is the most desired
trait worldwide in sexual selection.
However, the United States and
many other countries are now fac-
ing a compassion crisis according
to Keltner. A cultural shift has oc-
curred in the modern generation,
as todays children are more narcis-
sistic and materialistic than those
of 30 years ago.
Keltner said that inequality and
materialism constrain compassion
by forming a barrier between class-
es and individuals.
However, he said, there is hope.
Compassion can be cultivated via
individual mindfulness and cultur-
al memes.
Compassion could improve
everything from interpersonal
relationships to business to sports,
said Ellie Clougherty 13, who at-
tended the lecture.
It augments every part of your
life,Maia Mosse 13, another audi-
ence member, added.
And you dont have to compro-
mise anything to be more compas-
sionate, Clougherty said.
Contact Erin Inman at einman@
stanford.edu.
KELTNER
Continued from page 2
of the lincRNA bound to the chro-
matin, they created tagged probes
that would bind to the lincRNA and
ensure that, even if the RNA mole-
cule started to fall apart during the
test, they would still be able to iso-
late what was left on the chromatin.
Taken together, our research
shows that our technique is widely
applicable and can vastly enrich our
understanding of how regulatory
RNAs unlock the genome in many
very specific ways,Chang said.
Brendan OByrne and Tyler Brown
Arrillaga Family
Dining Commons
opens today
Arrillaga Family Dining Com-
mons opens today for lunch at 11
a.m. Located at 489 Arguello Way
on the former Toyon parking lot, the
dining hall features non-stop meal
service from 7:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m.,
Monday through Friday; it offers
brunch and dinner options during
the weekend and late-night food
services seven days per week.
The Dish, the late-night food
service formerly located in Stern,
will open in the new dining complex
from 9:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. starting
on Oct. 6.
The new dining hall is intended
to serve primarily Crothers Hall and
Toyon has a capacity of 450 stu-
dents. It will also be the flagship of
Stanford Dining, which plans to fea-
ture a nutritionist and video cam-
eras displaying the cooking process
in the facility.
Brendan OByrne
BRIEFS
Please see BLOTTER, page 9
OPINIONS
T
hink globally.Be open.Be toler-
ant of other views. Dont be dis-
missive;engage with the materi-
al and the opinions of others. Fresh-
men are fed a steady diet of happy
cliches during NSO. However, each is
as dishonest and fundamentally illib-
eral as the last.What they entail is not
a sponsorship of thought and a forma-
tion of substantiated opinions but a
shaming of critical judgment of sym-
pathetic positions, one that reserves
real ire only for the straw men made
up of the beliefs of the ever-absent
American conservative.
It is not a bad thing that Stanford is
a very liberal place.This is true of most
colleges and often signals a healthy
amount of empathy and involvement.
Perhaps it could even be said that the
left-leaning nature of our campus
serves to show that we recognize the
troubles many face outside of our
lovely bubble. Whats bad, though, is
letting the absence of another side let
introspection, reflection and refine-
ment of ones own views fall by the
wayside.
Faith in liberalisms moral founda-
tions is bad for the same reason any
unquestioned faith is bad, and doubly
so in a college environment. Faith
does not brook questioning and im-
provement. Faith does not change
with study and does not bend to de-
bate. Absolute faith is antithetical to
any serious colleges mission.
But with liberalism, this faith is
more insidious, more insistent, be-
cause it seems to agree with our up-
bringings that praise empathy, that
value the teary moments of Christ-
mas comedies where the wealthier
family gives up its extra presents to
the poor because it recognizes the
importance of altruism, of minimiz-
ing class distinctions and doing what-
ever possible with ones excess to
minimize the shortfalls of others. We
find all of these things to be good.
They agree with our sympathies, our
most hopeful views of people being
fundamentally good and industrious,
rarely sidetracked from realizing
these traits as anything but social
problems for which they cannot be
held in the slightest responsible. We
feel bad and inhumane for betraying
our faith in people, for not ameliorat-
ing poor living conditions where they
exist. But the fact of the matter is that
politics and philosophy have necessi-
ties to bend to, and the solutions (and
lingering assumptions) of MGM-pro-
duced worlds dont work or hold true.
Nowhere is this more evident than
in Americas entitlement spending.
Entitlements (Medicare, Medicaid,
Social Security) comprise the majori-
ty of the federal governments spend-
ing. Mandatory spending on entitle-
ments and the servicing of our debt
are forecasted to exceed total govern-
ment revenue sometime around 2024.
If the entire U.S. Military was jetti-
soned, every federal employee fired
and every expenditure on roads, edu-
cation and culture cut, we would still
be running a deficit. Entitlements, ar-
guably the most humane and sympa-
thetic part of government spending,
will quite literally cannibalize the
United States if they are not ad-
dressed. If the federal government in-
creases taxation in step with the nec-
essary increases in entitlement spend-
ing,the economy will eventually cease
to grow at an adequate pace to keep
up. Regardless of whether it feels
right, cuts in care and social aid will
happen, and our liberal sympathies
will be put through the gauntlet of re-
ality. We will be forced to pick and
choose who gets what money, con-
fronting fiscal realities and assigning
value in our judgments of who de-
serves funds the most.
While many seek to avoid these
questions or shift responsibility for
widespread social failings onto the
shoulders of the government, I have
to ask: is there a point where people
and the culture they create are to
blame (and the only thing that can cre-
ate change)? Arguments that hinge
on personal responsibility are decried
as brutal and misguided, but rarely
does any of our campus discourse
confront these serious problems with
anything more than a slogan for a re-
sponse. Now it has come to a head.We
can either bankrupt ourselves by
blindly continuing on our path or try,
in some way, to fix the problems that
cause such difficult spending situa-
tions. But the standard Stanford path
of calling for more funding, more at-
tention and more sympathy has be-
come a dead end.
There are legitimate moral ques-
tions that lie at the base of these argu-
ments, and they are not so simple as
their caricaturized depictions often
suggest. Rarely does the difference in
policy amount solely to succumbing to
corporate greed or stating, Ill keep
my money, you keep yours.Stanford
happily accepts such simplistic cliches
THE MIXED MESSAGES OF MODERNISM D.S NELSON
Negotiating the bubble
I
ve made a lot of cross-country
flights in the last few weeks, the
most recent taking me home to
New Jersey and then out to my
cousins wedding (congrats, Jason
and Olivia!) at the edge of the corn
belt. When Im not catching up on
sleep or contemplating my
hypocrisy as my carbon footprint
balloons by the minute, it turns out
that gazing out of an airplane win-
dow is one of my favorite ways to
relax.
Today, still on the tarmac, Im
looking at gray skies and a gentle
drizzle. The landscape extends, flat
and smooth, to a gently curved hori-
zon. I know that when we take to
the air, in those few moments be-
tween achieving liftoff and punch-
ing through the cloud cover, I will
see corn and soybean plants filling
those endless miles. Eventually,
passing west, the square-shaped,
tree-dotted fields will give way to
the brown-edged circles of modern
irrigation. Still farther, well pass
over vast acres of rangeland, zoom
across the deserts in the rain shad-
ow of the Rocky Mountains (some
of the prettiest landscape I know
from the air), skip across the Cen-
tral Valley, dip down and tilt right,
and touch down in SFO at precisely
the moment I think the plane will
find the waters of the Bay before
the end of the runway.
I think about when I first began
to find the American landscape
troubling rather than fascinating
and often beautiful. The memories
invariably lead to David Ehren-
felds conservation ecology class
and the lectures on factory farming,
cheap oil and sustainability that in-
spired my first Seeing Green
columns.
Amber waves of grain became
symbols of our global dependence
on industrial agriculture. Purple
mountain majesties became the last
refuge of species squeezed by cli-
mate change.
Today, we rely on our park sys-
tems to remind us of a long-lost past
and take modern infrastructure for
granted. In the shifting baselines of
our perceptions, we rarely ask what
has been paved over by roads and
shopping malls. Where our uncles
once competed to catch the biggest
fish, we never think to drop a line.
Where our grandparents once came
to the stark edge of civilization, we
now zoom by arching overpasses.
But we have to call these views
into question. We have to ask our-
selves what things used to be like
and how they have changed. Thats
the only way that well be able to
keep some track of reality, the only
SEEING GREEN
Across the fruited plain?
Holly
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EDITORIAL
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Time to hit the
e-books?
A
new quarter heralds the
mad scrambling of count-
less students to the Stan-
ford Bookstore, where row after
row of shelves on the lower level
are stacked to capacity. The sounds
of rustling pages are invariably
punctuated by a few sharp gasps
and stifled exclamations. No, text-
books arent cheap.
Textbooks have never been
known to be trivial purchases, but
three-digit prices for single books
continue to catch students off
guard. As a result, students have
devised strategies to cut their costs
by utilizing third-party vendors, re-
lying on online marketplaces and
shamelessly spamming email lists
with textbook offers and requests.
One downside of this strategic text-
book buying is that students may
not have their books for the first
few days or even weeks of class, af-
fecting their ability to complete
early assignments and come to
class prepared. Not only may the
students be at a disadvantage, but
the Bookstore too would rather
not lose its textbook sales to out-
side suppliers.
The store responded last year
with a major initiative to provide
more affordable options for text-
book purchases, participation in Fol-
letts Rent-a-Text program. Rented
textbooks are cheaper than new
books and conveniently allow stu-
dents to rid themselves of unwanted
books at the end of a quarter.
Still, the prices of rented text-
books are no less than half the cost
of their new counterparts. At the
same time, the rental period is only
a quarter, while a purchased book
can be kept indefinitely. This may
be a relatively advantageous sys-
tem for students dabbling in fields
that they will likely not return to
again in their college career. How-
ever, for those students who tend to
utilize older textbooks as reference
material for future classes, it is
preferable to own their books.
Another way to trim the cost of
textbook purchases is to opt for a
digital textbook, or e-textbook. In
an age of Kindles and iPads, e-text-
books have already gained ground.
This advance in the e-textbook in-
dustry seems to have eluded the
Bookstore, whose website has a
Digital Books category without
providing a list of products.
Just as one can obtain hardcopy
books from third party vendors, it is
already quite easy to download
electronic copies of textbooks from
other websites. The Bookstore
could retain its hardcopy textbook
commerce while simultaneously
streamlining the book-buying
process for many students by
adding an e-textbook option.
At least one viable model has al-
ready been tested in a higher edu-
cation setting. Last year Indiana
University began a pilot project
with several large publishers in
which the university acts as a bro-
ker, requiring students to purchase
e-textbooks from publishers with a
materials fee charged by the uni-
versity. As of last month, 1,700 stu-
dents and professors participated
in the program, a number roughly
similar to an undergraduate class at
Stanford. As for value, students
could keep their e-textbooks
throughout their entire student ca-
reer and even received an addition-
al 20 percent discount from one
publisher.
Of course, the preference for
paper versus digital textbooks will
surely outweigh economic consid-
erations for some students. But re-
gardless of whether most stu-
dents prefer one medium or the
other, the Bookstore certainly
should not limit students choices.
As the situation stands now, stu-
dents can go to the Bookstore in
order to buy or rent books, and
those students determined to save
space or money must then track
down their requisite textbooks on-
line. The process of purchasing e-
textbooks should be streamlined
and included under the auspices of
the Bookstore in coming quarters.
On a course for
employment
Dear Editor:
Welcome back, seniors. Are you
already stressed about what youre
doing with that amorphous snafu
called life after you graduate?
Are you wondering how youre
going to avoid being a boomerang
child in the worst labor market for
your age group since the great de-
pression? Youre not alone.
On the whole, Stanford academ-
ic departments do not do enough to
formally prepare undergraduate
students to successfully transition
into the working world, and its time
for that to change. There are lots of
opportunities for students to be-
come savvy in the employment hunt
while they are here. Being on any
major email list floods your inbox
with internship opportunities. The
Career Development Center has
people who will help you. Many
campus organizations and commu-
nity centers, from the Business As-
sociation of Stanford Entrepre-
neurial Studies (BASES) to the
Haas Center for Public Service,
offer the opportunity to connect
with successful professionals from
around the world while youre on
the Farm.
However, students preparation
to look for, apply to and successful-
ly attain jobs is highly variable.
Some students already have a post-
graduation job lined up before
starting their senior year, but some
dont even know how to start look-
ing after the year has ended. Every
Stanford student should graduate
knowing what jobs are available in
their field and how they can best be
in a position to attain them. And
every student who enters a major
should have access to nationwide
and Stanford-specific information
about what people in that major do
after college. This information
should not only be stories about
graduates that got great jobs they
had never imagined; it should also
tell the stories of graduates who
didnt.
Two changes come to mind when
I think about addressing this issue.
First each undergraduate major
should organize a course maybe
optional, maybe required that
helps students in that major learn
how to market themselves and their
major-related skills when job hunt-
ing. They should bring in speakers,
career counselors and previous job
hunters. There should also be an el-
ement that focuses on long-term life
goals as they relate to your career.
Second, each major should be re-
sponsible for a website that gives
students information about what
people in that major do after they
graduate. Students need to know
hard facts when they enter a major
about what people tend to do after
they complete that major.
For some students, these steps
would be superfluous. But, they
would go a long way toward making
sure every Stanford graduate has a
better chance of getting a job after
graduating.
DANIEL STRINGER 06
Ph.D. candidate, School of Education
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Please see MOELLER, page 7
The process of
purchasing e-textbooks
should be streamlined
and included under the
auspices of the
Bookstore . . .
Its time to bring
our intelligence
into play in the
home court.
Please see NELSON, page 7
plays of the young college football
season by pinning a ball on the back
of a Houston Cougar defensive back
and falling to the ground with the
ball and cornerback still safely in his
possession.
After the Cardinal secondary al-
lowed Arizona quarterback Nick
Foles to complete his first 17 passes
two weeks ago, Howell said he and
the rest of the defense respect the
threat that Rosario poses.
We understand hes big and hes
a great athlete and hes a great play-
maker,Howell said.So what were
going to have to do is step up and un-
derstand when there is an opportu-
nity to go up for the ball, were going
to go up for it.
Additionally, the defense will be
looking to force some turnovers
after failing to record a one against
Arizona last week. In last seasons
game against UCLA, the Cardinal
snagged two picks and took away
two fumbles including a fumble
return for a touchdown by senior
safety Michael Thomas on its way
to a dominant 35-0 road victory,
Stanfords first win at the Rose Bowl
since 1996.
Howell allowed that the defense
was going to have to improve on last
weeks performance, particularly
against quarterback Richard Bre-
haut, who has yet to throw an inter-
ception this season.
[The lack of turnovers] is not be-
cause of a lack of opportunities,
Howell said. We have opportuni-
ties, we just have to make sure we
take advantage of them. Its as sim-
ple as that.
On the opposite side of the ball,
though, Stanford will face a defense
that gives up 30.8 points per game
and is largely responsible for the
Bruins two losses through four
games. In the first game of the sea-
son, Houston quarterback Case
Keenum piled up 310 yards while
completing 30 of 40 passes en route
to a 38-34 upset victory, and the
Texas Longhorns lit up the score-
board with 488 yards of offense in a
49-20 victory two weeks ago.
That should leave star quarterback
Andrew Luck licking his chops to get
a hold of the depleted Bruin second-
ary (four players are currently nursing
injuries), particularly after he only
completed 11 of 24 passes for 151
yards in last years Cardinal victory.
So far, Luck has been everything
he was expected to be in the presea-
son, as the 2010 Heisman runner-up
has passed for 786 yards and eight
touchdowns with just one intercep-
tion and is coming off an efficient 20-
for-31, 325-yard, two-touchdown
performance against the Wildcats.
That said, Stanfords offense will
hope to convert opportunities in the
red zone more effectively this week-
end after being forced to kick a pair
of field goals in the first half after two
drives stalled inside the 20 against
Arizona.
Junior tight end Levine Toilolo
didnt hint that the offense was doing
anything out of the ordinary in order
to try to push the offense into the
end zone more often, though.
Well have periods during the
week where itll be a third down day
or a red zone day, but were just com-
ing out and working on the basics of
our gameplan,Toilolo said.
After the past weeks bye, the
Cardinal will get no more rest for the
remainder of the season, as it takes
on eight consecutive Pac-12 teams
before finishing with a nonconfer-
ence matchup against Notre Dame
in the regular season finale. With
such a daunting road ahead (and the
added challenge of classes, which
began Monday), both Toilolo and
Howell anticipate that the Cardinal
will remain focused on its goals.
[Head coach David Shaw] came
up and gave some wise words, that
once we walked in the door, its all
football from there on out. I think
everybody has taken it to heart that
during the time that we do have to
focus on football, everybodys got to
be locked in,Toilolo said.
We have a very competitive con-
ference . . . its very difficult to go
undefeated, even very early [in the
season], Howell said. We know
that our road is going to get more dif-
ficult from here on . . . so were just
keeping a humble heart and making
sure we play hard.
Stanford and UCLA kick off
from Stanford Stadium at 7:30 p.m
Saturday night.The game will be tel-
evised on FSN.
Contact Jack Blanchat at blanchat
@stanford.edu.
FOOTBALL
|After a week off, Luck looking to bury Bruins
SPORTS
Stanford Daily File Photo
Sophomore Forrest Watkins (right), who scored in a 12-5 loss to No. 1 USC in the NorCal Invitational, will look to help the Cardinal bounce back from
early losses to two of the best teams in the nation. Stanford nearly knocked off No. 2 California, but fell 8-7 in a back-and-forth match.
By MILES BENNETT-SMITH
MANAGING EDITOR
It wasnt always pretty, but the mens water
polo team got its act together over the final
weeks of last season, mounting a late push that
ended just short of the national championship.
The Cardinal lost first-team All-Mountain Pacif-
ic Sports Federation selection Jeffrey Schwim-
mer, who scored 33 goals for Stanford in 2010, to
graduation but returns six of its top eight scorers
from last year.
The offense looked very strong at times in the
season-opening NorCal Invitational two weeks
ago, and several freshmen had solid debuts as
Stanford knocked off host Pacific 9-8 in overtime
and St. Francis (N.Y.) 11-6 on the first day of com-
petition.
2010 second-team All-American Jacob Smith,
who led the team with 54 goals a year ago, scored
three goals in the first two games, but freshman
utility Alex Bowen was the talk of the town after
notching five goals in the two matches the San
Diego native scored a hat trick in his college
debut against St. Francis.
But on day two, the Cardinal (2-2) ran into
some stiffer competition. Coach John Vargas
team couldnt find the net early and couldnt
catch up late in a 12-5 loss at the hands of No. 1
USC (4-0) before losing an 8-7 nail-biter against
No. 2 California (3-1).
Redshirt senior goalie Brian Pingree was test-
ed all day long, making 15 saves over the two
matches, but couldnt hold off the defending na-
tional champion Trojans in the end.
Smith added to his scoring haul in the third-
place game against Cal, finding the net early for a
1-0 lead, but the Bears battled back and ran the
score out to 4-2 before Bowen, Smith and senior
Alex Avery combined to put the Cardinal ahead
5-4 at halftime.
After the teams traded goals in the third period,
Cal jumped back on top with two quick goals to
start the fourth period and held on for the victory.
Bowen and Smith finished the weekend with
seven goals apiece, and Stanford got some much-
needed experience against two top-tier teams in
USC and Cal. But it remains to be seen whether
Stanford can finally get over the hump and win
the programs 12th national championship and
first since 2002.
Stanford returns to the pool for the SoCal
Tournament tomorrow in Long Beach, Calif.,
where it will take on Princeton at 10:40 a.m. The
two-day tournament concludes Sunday, and
MPSF play begins next weekend, when the Car-
dinal hosts Pepperdine and UC-Santa Barbara
on Friday, Oct. 7 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Oct. 9 at 12
p.m. Both matches will take place at the Avery
Aquatic Center.
Contact Miles Bennett-Smith at milesbs@stan-
ford.edu.
Swimming begins early-
season stretch
Stanford mens swimming and
diving will participate in its first
dual meet in nearly a month on Sat-
urday, heading to UC-Santa Cruz
for an early 10 a.m. start.
On Sept. 9, the squad made its
longest trip of the year Stanford
will compete entirely within Cali-
fornia until the NCAA Champi-
onships roll around in March to
Baton Rogue, beating Centenary
College to start the season 1-0 as
part of its annual training camp in
Louisiana. Despite the loss of four-
time NCAA individual champion
Austin Staab, the Cardinal returns
an experienced collection of swim-
mers, including seniors Bobby Bol-
lier, Chad La Tourette, Curtis
Lovelace and David Mosko, who
have combined for 36 All-America
honors over the years.
Meanwhile, the diving group will
rely on its youth, featuring the tal-
ents of freshman Kristian Ipsen and
sophomores Noah Garcia and
Dhruv Tyagi.
Stanford should be heavy fa-
vorites to win the recently expand-
ed Pac-12 after having won 30 con-
secutive conference championships
and posting 25 top-three finishes at
the NCAA Finals dating back to
1982.
The Cardinal will return to the
Farm for its first home meet on Oct.
14 to kick off its first set of back-to-
back weekend meets.
Afternoon scrimmage for
mens volleyball
Hoping to repeat the drama of
its NCAA Championship run two
years ago, the Cardinal mens vol-
leyball squad will officially play to-
gether for the first time in the annu-
al Cardinal and White Scrimmage
at 4 p.m. today at Burnham Pavil-
ion.
The scrimmage is the first of sev-
eral fall matches leading up to the
start of the regular season in Janu-
ary the squad wont begin prac-
ticing together until mid-October.
Six of seven starters will return
from the Stanford squad that fin-
ished No. 7 in the country last year
and features seniors Erik Shoji and
Brad Lawson, who have been
named first-team All-Americans a
combined five times.
Joseph Beyda
CARD STARTS STRONG, BUT TOP TEAMS TOO MUCH
MIXED MESSAGES
Stanford Daily File Photo
The physical battle between the Cardinal and Bruins will be a main storyline this Saturday. While a season-ending knee injury has sidelined Stanfords most
electrifying defensive player, junior linebacker Shayne Skov, UCLAs secondary is missing several players and could be torn apart by Cardinal tight ends.
SPORTS BRIEFS
road to open the year. It didnt help
that one of those games was against
then-No. 4 Maryland the Terrap-
ins rode a large home crowd and
several early strikes to a 4-0 victory.
It was a lesson to be learned,
Simon said.
But the team has come together
over the subsequent games, and the
players seem to be adjusting to their
new roles. Junior Adam Jahn, in
particular, has taken to his new po-
sition in the midfield. The former
forward from Davis, Calif., was
named to Soccer Americas Nation-
al Team of the Week and given Pac-
12 Player of the Week honors after
scoring the game-winning goal
against Harvard and adding a go-
ahead assist against Vermont.
Junior Eric Anderson has found
a new home himself as an outside
back. Anderson had played both up
top and as an outside midfielder be-
fore transitioning to the defense
this season. His speed and danger-
ous crosses have added another di-
mension to the Cardinal attack
the San Francisco native leads the
team with three assists.
Stanford will need all the of-
fense it can get in order to hang with
San Diego State in the Pac-12 open-
er on Friday afternoon. The Aztecs
(5-1-2) and their high-octane of-
fense have already scored 17 goals
through the first eight games the
Cardinal has scored just eight.
2010 All-Pac-10 selection Miles
Byass has gotten off to a blistering
start, scoring three goals for San
Diego State with four assists to
boot. Stanford will need to slow
down Byass, who keys part of the
Aztec attack from his spot up top, in
order to slow the pace of the game.
It wont get much easier for
Stanford on Sunday, when the Car-
dinal takes on No. 25 UCLA (5-3-
1). The Bruins were picked to win
the Pac-12 before the season in the
coaches poll and were runners-up
in the conference to California last
year.
UCLA started off the season
with two losses and a tie but won
five straight matches before drop-
ping a 2-1 decision at home against
SMU last weekend. The Bruins are
led by sophomore midfielder Kelyn
Rowe an early candidate for
Player of the Year after a brilliant
freshman season in Westwood
but have seen an explosion of of-
fense from junior Chandler Hoff-
man. The Bruin forward has an as-
tounding nine goals in the first nine
games, including a hat trick in
UCLAs comeback win over UC-
Santa Barbara.
The Cardinal has never won at
UCLA in the modern era (dating to
1967), but needs a good result in
order to avoid falling behind in the
brutal Pac-12. Overall, Stanford is
7-31-4 all-time against the Bruins
and just 6-11-5 against San Diego
State but split the season series with
both last year.
After the weekend road trip,
Stanford will return for a three-
game homestand, but with just 10
games in the conference schedule,
points will be at a premium.
Getting the first shutout for our
back four on Friday was huge, said
junior captain Hunter Gorskie.
Were feeling really good, just very
excited heading into Pac-12 play.
Todays game will kick off at 1:30
p.m. in San Diego, with Sundays
UCLA match slated for 3 p.m.
Contact Miles Bennett-Smith at
milesbs@stanford.edu.
MSOCCER
However, this idyllic coaching
world could see its skies darken if the
Stanford mens basketball team fails
to live up to expectations.
Head coach Johnny Dawkins was
once the big name expected to bring
order to a program ravaged by an
ugly coaching breakup with Trent
Johnson and the departure of current
NBAers Brook and Robin Lopez.
He was the Mike Krzyzewski disciple
tasked with returning Cardinal ball
to the glory days under Mike Mont-
gomery.
The ride since has been anything
but glorious. After an appearance in
the CBI semifinals (yikes) following
a 20-win debut season, Dawkins
crew has failed to break .500 the last
two years.The Card hasnt won more
than seven conference games since
his arrival and finished this past sea-
son winning just a third of its final 15
games.
This isnt all to say hes a bad
coach. Stanfords 2010 recruiting
class was among the best in the na-
tion, and this season that group of
now-sophomores is joined by elite
freshman point guard Chasson Ran-
dle. Dawkins has done his job during
the offseason, building a talented
team, on paper, from scratch. His
name alone brought a glimmer of
hope back to Maples Pavilion, and
there has been noticeable improve-
ment by a formerly atrocious defen-
sive unit. In fact, Athletic Director
Bob Bowlsby was impressed enough
to provide Dawkins with a two-year
extension through 2015-16, although
the school has the option to termi-
nate the contract before the exten-
sion kicks in.
But basketball is a moneymaker
regardless of recent success, or lack
thereof, and its not unprecedented
for a coachs job to be at risk shortly
after signing an extension. There are
several factors potentially working
against Dawkins in what could be a
make-or-break year.
The first is the restructured Pac-12
and accompanying television deal. It
was announced earlier this month
that Stanford would be televised na-
tionally nine times on FSN, a signifi-
cant increase in coverage for a team
normally confined to a regional audi-
ence. Additionally, the bump in Pac-
12 exposure as a whole has already
created a recruiting boost for rival
schools. Arizona and UCLA have
top 100 recruits lined up from coast to
coast, and up-and-coming programs
like Oregon have surprisingly stolen
top talent from the Bay Area and
other basketball factories. The win-
dow for Stanford to capture the con-
ference in the down years of late has
closed,as the Pac-12 is close to rejoin-
ing the basketball elite.
Another issue Dawkins is facing
is youth, a characteristic of this past
seasons team that was exposed
early and often. Randle could start
from day one, and although he has
shined in the offseason especially
on the teams trip to Spain where he
averaged 11 points per game the
freshman has yet to engineer a col-
lege offense against quality oppo-
nents. And with the exceptions of
senior Josh Owens and Randle, the
teams primary offensive threats,
Anthony Brown and Dwight Pow-
ell, are just entering their second
seasons. Those four bring the most
offensive potential to Maples since
the Lopez twins, but the future of
their collective body of work is part-
ly clouded by inexperience playing
together.
The Pac-12s resurgence and a
youthful squad could hurt the team in
the win/loss column, but the biggest
threat to Dawkins job may come as a
surprise.
The departure of Andrew Luck.
All sports, not just mens basket-
ball, have become overshadowed by
the quick ascension of the football
team, the success of which has been
undoubtedly driven by the star quar-
terback. The Department of Athlet-
ics has allowed Dawkins to develop
his program as the rise in football
popularity has yielded unprecedent-
ed revenue. But when Luck gradu-
ates, the free ride could be over, and
the other traditional big sports will
be counted on to fuel the gravy train.
Womens basketball has lived up to its
end,but the men have to follow suit to
help maintain the current status of the
Stanford brand.
With all that said, it must be reiter-
ated that Dawkins has assembled a
very talented cast.This team was able
to hang with professionals in Europe,
and with Randle likely the only new-
comer to the rotation, they already
have a year together under their col-
lective belt. Dawkins has the cliched
basketball IQ and personnel to win
games, and the measureable support
of Bowlsby to provide an extra dose
of confidence. But as has been the
case across the country, AD support
can disappear as quickly as it
emerged.
With a postseason berth, Dawkins
could become known as the coach of
the future. With another losing sea-
son? The coach of the past.
Zach Zimmerman is still grumpy
that coach Dawkins never recruited
him for his insane point-guarding
skills. Send him the names of some
D-III schools that may still be inter-
ested at zachz@stanford.edu, or hit
him up on Twitter @Zach_Zimmer-
man.
ZIMMER
MENS SOCCER
9/25 vs. Vermont W 2-1
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SAN DIEGO STATE
(5-1-2)
9/30 San Diego
1:30 P.M.
GAME NOTES: Stanford faces a stiff test this
weekend as it heads south to take on San
Diego State and UCLA to open Pac-12
play. The Cardinal has never won on the
road against the Bruins in the modern
era, going back nearly 35 years. Stan-
ford split the 2010 series against both
opponents, but has not had much suc-
cess against either historically. But the
squad is coming off two straight wins and
has a core group of veterans that can
shoulder the load.
way well tether ourselves to the
ground on which weve built. Thats
how well remember that New Or-
leans will always be flood-prone,
why some crop fields lose fertility
faster than others, which plants tol-
erate drought and which tolerate
cold. And so when baselines shift
and times change again, well be
able to use our past knowledge
not just our present to help us
adapt.
Well also be better equipped to
decide whether the changes were
witnessing are for the better. Most
of us respond to change with suspi-
cion. We like our comfortable rou-
tines. And weve grown up hearing
our relatives sigh over the way
things used to be.
Whether things are improving or
going downhill is a matter of per-
sonal opinion. But Ill leave you
with one gray story, a mixed bag of
blessing and curse, first told to me
five years ago by Ehrenfeld. Its the
story of the Green Revolution, re-
sponsible for the vast crop fields
now passing 10,000 feet below me.
Once upon a time (i.e., in 1798),
a man named Malthus predicted
that the growing human population
would quickly outstrip its ability to
grow food for itself. While the
human population has doubled sev-
eral times since his ominous words,
his predictions of widespread
famine have not come to pass.
Thats largely because by the 1960s,
through the work of Norman Bor-
laug and others, wed bred high-
yielding (if rather needy) crop lines
that double or triple the output of
an acre of land.
In our rather pessimistic pres-
ent, we often look at this Green
Revolution with disdain: nurturing
these crops requires a huge capital
investment, extensive irrigation,
heavy doses of fertilizer and pesti-
cides and so forth. Worse, its a fun-
damentally unsustainable opera-
tion that relies heavily on cheap fos-
sil fuels.
But maybe were forgetting
because few of us have seen it our-
selves what its like to be truly
hungry, what it means to be starv-
ing. Were forgetting what a boon it
was to save upwards of a billion
people from that fate. And were
forgetting that, by intensifying the
use of existing farmland, weve
spared land (some of it now tucked
away into parks and preserves) that
would otherwise be under the plow.
Ask yourself: for better or for
worse? And what happens next?
Meanwhile, Ill return to my
view, where the cloud cover below
has fallen away and a series of wind
turbines march across the land-
scape. They are a new addition:
baselines have shifted and things
have changed. And depending on
how you weigh migratory birds
against alternative energy, you
might even say theyve changed for
the better.
Holly Moeller is excited to See Green
though hopefully not from the air for
another quarter.Send comments,carbon
footprint comparisons and other in-
quiries to hollyvm@stanford.edu.
MOELLER
from its political opposition,but it will
give proper and charitable analysis to
cultures far removed from our own,
even if they propagate views contrary
to our most basic moral tenets. Its
time to bring our intelligence into
play in the home court instead of let-
ting the emotional pull of our party
allegiances, our desire never to con-
tradict our liberal Christmas spirit
and basic sympathies to prevent seri-
ous, rational discussion.
Do you agree that this is a change we
can believe in? Email Spencer at dsnel-
son@stanford.edu and let him know
your thoughts.
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IA cable-locked bike was stolen
from the front of the Faculty
Club between 6:15 a.m. and 12
p.m.
IAt 1:50 p.m. a non-injury, vehicle-
vs.-vehicle collision occurred at
the intersection of Via Ortega
and Via Pueblo.
IBetween 9:15 p.m. and 9:45 p.m.
someone stole an iPhone from an
unsecured and open storage
cubby at the Arrillaga Family
Sports Center.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 21
IBetween 8:40 a.m. and 9:10 a.m.,
a cable-locked bike was stolen
from outside the front of the Fac-
ulty Club.
IAn injury-bike-vs.-fixed-object
collision occurred at 10:30 a.m. in
front of Old Union.
IBetween 10:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. a
cable-locked bike was stolen
from the bike rack behind Rin-
conada.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 22
IAt 1:25 a.m. a man at Ramona
Street and University Avenue
was cited and released on a war-
rant out of the Palo Alto Police
Department.
IBetween 5:30 p.m. and 8 p.m. a
cable-locked bike was stolen
from the front of Alondra.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 23
IAt 3:45 a.m. at Serra Street and
Campus Drive a man was cited
and released for driving unli-
censed.
IAt 1:40 p.m. on the west side of
Encina a non-injury bike-vs.-bike
collision occurred.
IAt 2 p.m. at Galvez Street and
Nelson Road a man was cited
and released on a warrant out of
Santa Clara County.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 24
IAt 11:35 p.m. a man was cited and
released for being in possession
of alcohol.
SUNDAY, SEPT. 25
IBetween 11 p.m. the previous day
and 10 a.m. today, a U-locked
bike was stolen from the bike
rack in front of Cedro Hall. The
suspect left the front tire.
IAt 5 p.m. a bike was reported
stolen at Studio 5 on Olmsted
Road.
IBetween 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. a U-
locked bike was stolen from the
bike rack outside of Twain.
IAt 8 p.m. a U-locked bike was re-
ported stolen from in front of the
Gates Computer Science Building.
IA minor was cited for being in
possession of alcohol in Lane W
at 11:05 p.m.
SATURDAY, SEPT. 26
IBetween 11 p.m. the previous
day and 10 a.m. today a U-locked
bicycle turned into a unicycle
when everything but the front
tire was stolen from the bike
rack in front of Cedro Hall.
IAt 12 a.m. a non-injury, hit and
run vehicle-vs.-vehicle collision
occurred at Lagunita parking lot.
IAt 9:15 a.m. at Campus Drive and
Panama Mall a man was cited
and released on a warrant out of
San Francisco.
IAt 12:25 p.m. a stolen vehicle was
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BLOTTER
PARTY ON
THE EDGE
(of glory)
inside:
vol. 240 i. 1 fri. 09.30.11
LITERATURE 3
Megan Boyle transforms blogging into
a legitimate art form.
FOOD 3
Embrace your inner hipster and test out
Philz coffee.
MUSIC 4
Intermission reviews Blink-182s latest
record, Neighborhoods.
MOVIES 5
Seth Rogen and co. tap into the funny
side of cancer in 50/50.
GAMES 6
The Nintendo 64, Nintendos first 3D
console, turns 15.
STUFF WE LOVE 7
Why Britains long-running Doctor
Who is worth watching.
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SUMMER MOVIES
Sure, all the prestige films come out in the colder winter
months, but summer is when the fun ones roll out. There s
nothing like escaping the heat in a cool, dark cinema with
the aroma of butter-drenched popcorn wafting through the
air. Now, with classes back in session and papers, p-sets
and exams on our horizon, Intermission takes a look back
at the best summer flicks of 2011.
Harry Potter and the Deathly
Hallows: Part 2
The final cinematic chapter of J.K. Rowlings boy-wizard saga
earned near-universal praise from critics and signified the end
of an era for many fans who grew up with the series.
Crazy, Stupid, Love
This smart, tender-hearted film brought a
much-needed boost to the ailing romcom
genre and managed to capture what love
feels like (or how we like to imagine it feels
like) from first love to true love.
Super 8
J.J. Abrams sci-fi flick about a Midwestern town terrorized
by a mysterious creature combined the nostalgic charm of
past kid-ensemble films like The Goonies and Stand By
Me with summer-blockbuster thrills.
The Help
Augusts surprise heavyweight (and Emma Stones second
entrance on this list) followed the lives of black maids and the
white women they worked for in 1960s Mississippi without
ever veering into schlocky sentimentality.
X-Men: First Class
The X-Men prequel successfully revitalized the mutant fran-
chise largely thanks to fabulous chemistry between the
young Professor X (James McAvoy) and Magneto (Michael
Fassbender).
events
Party on the Edge: A preview
T
he Party on the Edge, SiCas annual bash
to show off the art scene at Stanford, will
happen this year on Oct. 6 at Cantor Arts
Center. The party starts at 9 p.m. and will last until
midnight.
The arts-filled event will feature performances
from campus-favorite a capella groups like
Talisman and Everyday People, as well as appear-
ances by the Cardinal Ballet Company, Kuumba
African Dance and Drum Ensemble and Alliance
Streetdance.
In addition to the live performances, student-
made films will be shown, as well as artwork from
Stanfords Arts Grant program, which provides
funding to Stanford students to help them create
innovative work. In addition, The Wall exhibition
can be seen in the Cool Caf as part of Stanfords
Your Art Here program, which shows student-run
gallery spaces around the Stanford campus.
Students can explore the inside of the muse-
um and see the twenty-four art galleries Cantor
has available and also wander outside to find more
art and performances. There will be plenty of free
food.
In addition to the various performances and
exhibitions, this years Party on the Edge marks the
kickoff of the ASSUs Art 2.0 Initiative. The initia-
tive aims to bring together arts groups across cam-
pus into a more cohesive art scene.
This sort of collaboration is exactly what
Stanford needs, said Paul Ferrell, ASSU Director
of Arts. There are so many arts groups on campus
but there isnt a cohesive arts scene. We plan to
bring these groups together for everything from
performances to social events and meetings with
arts faculty.
The initiative will kick off at 11 p.m. in the
Caf at Cantor, bringing together presidents of
student art organizations to meet with professors,
administrations, SiCa leaders and leaders of the
Stanford Art Initiative. The kick-off is a design-
thinking session to help re-imagine the arts scene
at Stanford.
Throughout the evening, post-it notes will be
available for students to sketch their ideas and post
them on the walls at Cantor. These ideas will be
incorporated into the design-thinking section.
To attend the party, students can head to
Cantor via bike or on foot or take the midnight-
Marguerite shuttle, which stops at Cantor every
half-hour.
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cont act hal l e: hal l e@st anf ord. edu
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I
have a secret boyfriend, and his name is Phil. My
friends are convinced. For the past two years, I
have almost constantly been at Phils,in transit
to Phils or (at my worst) desperately craving Phils.
In a philosophy class at Stanford (yup shame-
less plug!), you will learn about the hallowed theoreti-
cal principal Occams razor. It posits that this kind
of weird, obsessive behavior probably has the simplest
possible explanation: in this case, my secret affair with
a dude named Phil.
Here, Occams razor is wrong. Phil is only my
boyfriend in the same sense that shameless self-pro-
motion is Mike The Situation Sorrentinos
boyfriend.
In fact, my constant jabber about Phil is actu-
ally in reference to Philz Coffee, a Bay Area coffee
chain so good that it engenders frightening addic-
tions and a cultish following.
The story of Philz Coffee begins in 2003, when
San Francisco-native Phil Jaber started his first coffee
shop in a space he had previously operated as a gro-
cery store in San Franciscos cooler-than-thou
Mission District. From the get-go, Philz was unique
in its insistence on brewing cups of coffee one at a
time a method that ensures freshness and higher
quality. Working with his son, Jacob, Phil developed a
distinctive brewing method and a slew of diverse
bean blends.
The shop quickly became a neighborhood coffee
hotspot, an impressive achievement among Mission
Districts unwashed, coffee-obsessed hordes. Phil and
Jacob presumably solidified their hipster credentials
when they changed the name of their shop from the
bourgeois Phils to the endearingly random mis-
spelling, Philz.
Since 2003, Philz has expanded across the Bay
Area into a mini-empire of really, really excellent cof-
fee. Today, there are seven Philz locations includ-
ing one about 10 minutes away from campus in Palo
Altos especially suburban midtown district.
The Palo Alto Philz feels incongruously cool
compared to the surrounding pastel ranch houses.
Inside, youll find a mix of Stanford kids, soccer
moms and techie types. But most of the Philz clien-
tele are people who look like they emerged from the
womb already wearing fedoras and non-prescription
tortoise-shell glasses. Its common to hear Vampire
Weekend tracks blaring on the speakers. I try to avoid
showing up wearing pastels out of fear of judgment.
This can be off-putting at first, but you soon learn to
think of Philzs hipster-ness as an exciting anthropo-
logical safari into a subculture that is pretty exotic for
a city whose downtown consists of luxury rug shops
and frozen yogurt stores. Plus, hipsters are a quiet
breed; add the free WiFi to the mix, and Philz is a
great place to study.
Ultimately though, the quality of the coffee is
what makes Philz so addictive. Fellow Philz junkie
Sekhar Paladugu 12 calls it glorious, delicious,
smooth, balanced and just tasty.
In fact, its hard to get Paladugu off the subject of
how good Philz coffee tastes.
It makes my day every time I go. Its like dessert,
except its coffee, he gushed before pausing. I just
wish I could afford to drink it every day.
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friday september 30 2011
How to turn your blog into
a book deal
T
he Internet is weird. Blogging
is at once an act of exhibition-
ism and anonymity
Blogger by Google, for example, is
equal parts personal diary and public
platform. When you write for the
Internet, you contribute to an infinite-
ly expanding database of voices in
pixels. Your audience is both limitless
and unseen; blog posts often read as
either newsletters to an over-estimated
fanbase or self-conscious, schizo-
phrenic indulgences. But for all this,
there is something singular and per-
sonal and genuine about writing on a
blog, saving drafts onto Blogger with a
wary hope akin to a diarist that some-
day the scraps will add up.
This is the feeling captured in
Megan Boyles debut book, selected
unpublished blogposts of a mexican
panda express employee, a collection
of blog drafts written by Boyle over
the course of two years and published
this September by Muumuu House, a
publishing house created and run by
writer Tao Lin (Richard Yates,
Shoplifting from American
Apparel).
Muumuu House has published
two books of poetry; Lin also curates
writing found on the Internet and,
with permission, publishes everything
from tweets to Gmail chats. With
Boyles first book, Muumuu House
has gone a step further: publishing a
print, perfect-bound book of the 100-
some blog posts that once sat in
Boyles Blogger drafts.
Skeptical? Its understandable. In
an age where everyone and their ham-
ster has a blog, there is resistance to
accept Internet writing into the world
of literature.And, to be fair, the vast
majority of writing on the Internet
probably shouldnt be considered lit-
erature. But with Boyles poetry col-
lection, Muumuu House has found
the kind of raw, honest writing that
can, perhaps, only take place within a
Blogger window.
There was a period where any
time I wrote text in the Blogger.com
window I wouldnt feel self-conscious
about what I was writing, Boyle said.
One time I started writing a paper in
a Blogger.com window because I was
having a hard time with it.
The syntax and formatting of
selected . . . is, fittingly, casual. The
ends of lines go unpunctuated, noth-
ing is capitalized, text is sans serif. The
result is a book that feels unprece-
dented in its sincerity.
Throughout selected . . . , Boyle
describes her surroundings and her
emotions with plain, unadorned lan-
guage, and her imagery is all the more
powerful for it. In the first entry of
her book, Boyle lists a few of her
favorite things to feel, a series of sen-
literature
Courtesy
Tao Lin
Philz Coffee: My Secret
(Hipster) Boyfriend
Evie Danforth/
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sations that are almost harder to state sim-
ply, as Boyle does, than they are to drama-
tize (the way time doesnt exist when
youre waking next to someone and you
just roll around quietly in bed together
and sometimes open your eyes,the night
before leaving for a trip on an airplane).
So many experiences have been embel-
lished, over and over, in attempts at turn-
ing the ordinary into poetry; Boyle tears
these moments away from the cliche and
returns them to their simplest state.
selected . . . is self-conscious and
self-aware in a particularly twenty-first
century way; today, we not only cultivate
our internal thoughts and our external
world, but our online persona, our blog-
ging voice, our Internet life, ever more
public yet increasingly obscure.
i would like to matter to every per-
son in the world, writes Boyle, i would
like every person in the world to matter to
me/neither of those things will ever hap-
pen.
In addition to the blog draft poems,
the collection is sprinkled with essays pre-
viously published on the Internet, includ-
ing Lies I Have Told and Everyone Ive
Had Sex With.Arguably Boyles most
famous essay, originally published on
Thought Catalog and the Muumuu House
website, Everyone Ive Had Sex With is
exemplary of Boyles unassuming honesty,
the voice of a brave introvert on the
Internet (i am an introverted person but i
like approval, she writes in selected . . .),
a 20-something trying to figure things out
through writing.
I
ts been a long time coming,
but after eight troubled years
away from the music scene,
the boys of Blink-182 are
quite literally back in town
with their new album,
Neighborhoods. Perhaps its
true what they say, that absence
makes the heart grow fonder, but
Ive personally always loved
Blink-182. I think I speak for my
generation when I say that
like them or not Blink served
as the soundtrack for much of
our middle- and high-school
lives. Listening to their old songs
may bring back great memories,
but you can put away those CDs
you burned because Blink-182 is
back with a vengeance, and fans
of any age wont be disappointed.
Their latest release marks a
significant departure from the
adolescent angst and deeply
meaningless sentiment that sat-
urated Blinks previous albums.
In Neighborhoods, Blink-182
waxes lyrical about the tran-
sience of life and the intricacies
of human nature, proving that
they havent just grown older
but also wiser. Their sound has
also matured, with elements of
the bands respective side-proj-
ects Angels and Airwaves,
Box Car Racer and +44 all
apparent in their new melodies.
Though Biblical and literary
allusions may abound in the
new albums lyrics, they are all
backed by that seamless melding
of drum and guitar that only
Blink can do so well.
The emotion and melodic
depth is palpable from the
opening track of
Neighborhoods,Ghost on the
Dancefloor. Though the song
opens with a driving drum solo
from Travis Barker reminiscent
of the intro of the bands former
smash hit, Feeling This, the
lyrics demonstrate that Blink is
now all grown up.
In the opening verse, Blink
frontman Tom Delonge sings,
Its like the universe has left
me/Without a place to go/Without
a hint of light/To watch the move-
ment glow/When our song is slow-
ly starting/The memory felt so
real/At first against my will/But
God invented chills.
Though the lyrics may be
haunting, the song is as catchy
as any track off of Blink-182s
self-titled album of eight years
ago. It serves as an apt opening
track for their comeback album
as well as a chilling reminder of
Barkers brush with death in a
2008 plane crash.
The album maintains a
similarly momentous tone
throughout, but the tracks are
anything but somber. In fact,
Neighborhoods is a very fit-
ting title for this release, as the
14 tracks draw on various gen-
res of music and different areas
of Blinks own material for
inspiration. Natives, which
bassist Mark Hoppus has stated
is his favorite track on the
album, is a nod to the bands
former pop-punk glory, with an
infectious drum-and-bass line
and suitably dark lyrics. The
albums first single, Up All
Night, on the other hand,
boasts grandiose guitar chords
in the style of Delonges band
Angels and Airwaves. Later in
the album, Snake Charmer
showcases the bands rock influ-
ences and sounds like it could
have easily come off an album
by The Cure. Finally, Even if
She Falls brings the album to a
beautiful close, flawlessly tying
together Blink-182s traditional
sound (think Always with a
mellower melody) with their
newfound sophistication.
All in all, Neighborhoods
is a true case of once more,
with feeling; youll still be bob-
bing your head, tapping your
toes and wreaking havoc on
your air guitar to the beat of the
new tracks, but this time, you
may also find your heart melt-
ing, if only a little.
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A list of songs - new and old - that
Intermission staffers are jamming to this week.
HEADLINES
DRAKE
WE FOUND
LOVE
RIHANNA FEAT.
CALVIN HARRIS
11TH
DIMENSION
JULIAN
CASABLANCAS
SHE BANGS
THE DRUMS
THE STONE
ROSES
SOMEBODY
THAT I USED
TO KNOW
GOTYE FEAT.
KIMBRA
Courtesy
Megan Boyle
You can see the wheels turning,
so to speak. And reversing. And
stalling. And drinking iced coffee. In
selected . . . , she writes, am i con-
sciously trying to think interesting
thoughts because i think im going
to write this down later? am i actu-
ally interesting or do i just want to
construct a view myself as interest-
ing so i can feel like i shouldnt
die?
Boyle named a few of her
favorite books as influences: Where
Youll Find Me by Ann Beattie,
Bed by husband Tao Lin and
Like Life by Lorrie Moore. As for
inspiration, Boyle said, If anything
inspired me its the same thing that
inspires me to do anything (want-
ing the world to know I was here,
wanting to connect with people
honestly, and make life more inter-
esting by writing things down).
selected . . . deals with some
heavy topics death and depres-
sion and relevance and need of love
but in the most straightforward,
unassuming way. Boyle doesnt take
herself or her concerns too serious-
ly. Her writing shows the internal
calm of intelligence.
The result is a reassuringly can-
did look at one individuals con-
sciousness, in all its quiet insecurity
and raw hopefulness; selected . . .
is a series of drafts, dispatches not
from the frontlines of a generation
but, instead, from one 20-some-
things world and that in-tune
and individual voice, which disowns
grandiosity in favor of honesty, is
the only kind any generation has
use for.
selected unpublished blog-
posts of a mexican panda express
employee is a remarkable debut.
Megan Boyle has given us a book
that reads as a series of finely tuned
drafts that
feel both painstaking and unpol-
ished, earnest and unassuming,
plain, poetic, moving, self-conscious
and, above all, real.
j enni f er SCHAFFER
cont act j enni f er :
j mschaff @st anf ord. edu
W
hat would you do if, in your prime years of young adult-
hood, you developed a rare and deadly form of cancer and
lived to tell the tale? In Will Reisers case, write a semi-autobi-
ographical screenplay and get the guys responsible for Superbad
behind it. Directed by Jonathan
Levine, 50/50is a touching
dramedy starring Joseph
Gordon-Levitt as Adam, a 20-
something public radio
writer determined to
beat the odds of his dis-
ease.
An avid runner, Adam
initially goes to the doc-
tor for debilitating back
pain but finds his life
turned upside down
when test results reveal a
cancerous tumor grow-
ing along his spine.
Referred to inexperienced psychiatrist-in-training Katie (Anna
Kendrick) to help cope with the emotional aspect of the diagnosis while
undergoing aggressive chemotherapy treatment, Adam embarks on the
uncertain road to recovery. While he first greets his predicament with a
numbness that Katie reassures him is normal, the inevitable changes in
his health and their impact on his personal life force him to examine his
choices and relationships in new ways.
The first casualty is Adams pretentious artist girlfriend Rachael
(Bryce Dallas Howard), whose wavering support leads him to rely, more
than ever, on the other influential figures in his life. This primarily
includes his best friend Kyle (Seth Rogen), whose questionable plans for
using Adams disease as a way to pick up girls provide some much-need-
ed comic relief. But also, with Katies encouragement, Adam finally
reconnects with his overprotective mother Diane (Anjelica Huston)
despite not wishing to tell her about his cancer in the first place.
There is no doubt that 50/50is supremely cast with solid perform-
ances, although one could argue that it is simply a function of the actors
portraying familiar roles. Rogen, for example, reprises his crass sidekick
persona, just as Kendricks
performance echoes the well-
intentioned Type A that gar-
nered her Academy Award
nomination for Up in the
Air.Huston and Howard are
strong in their supporting
roles, with the latter (who
most recently appeared in
The Help) continuing her
streak of bringing humor
and humanity to unlikable
characters.
Gordon-Levitt gives a moving performance as a young man trying
to come to terms with the fact that, no matter what he or anyone else
does, he might not survive but at times feels overshadowed by the other
characters. This is less an issue with the acting than the writing and, in
the end, Adams subtleties better enable the audience to identify with
him, which in turn makes the film all the more poignant.
As per the common tragedy that often befalls comedies these days,
overzealous marketing has ruined the potential hilarity of certain scenes
in the film, but luckily Reisers witty script still has plenty of tricks up its
sleeve. 50/50is very much the cancer comedythat its PR team would
have you believe but, just
a heads up: bring some
tissues, because there will
probably also be some
tears, and I dont mean
the kind that result from
laughter. Reiser and
Levines treatment of
what is now one of the
leading causes of death
worldwide successfully
balances sincerity, humor
and deprecation, resulting
in a truly heartfelt and
inspirational story.
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cont act mi sa: mshi kuma@st anf ord. edu
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CONTINUED FROM BLOG PAGE 4
I
m not normally
the type to make
a big fuss over
anniversaries, espe-
cially when it
comes to something so young and rapidly chang-
ing as gaming. But this time, at least, memory
lane is just a little too tempting. If youre about
the right age and if the words blue shell,
barrel rolland hookshotsend some tingles
down your spine I think youll agree.
Thats right, folks: its the Nintendo 64s
birthday. Its all too easy for me to shower praise
on the first console I bought on launch date, but
the real story of the N64 isnt exactly a Rainbow
Road. With a bit of restraint, then, I hope I can
give you a balanced glimpse onto the lasting
legacy of Nintendos first 3D console.
When the Nintendo 64 first came to the
North American market fifteen years ago, the
industry was on the edge of a seismic shift: with
their 32-bit systems, Sony and Sega had shown
just barely that home consoles could
emulate the arcade experience and bring polyg-
onal graphics to our living rooms. But after
decades of D-pads and 2D sprites, early
PlayStation and Saturn developers struggled to
make enjoyable 3D experiences. Nintendo, it
seemed, was primed to do it right.
By Nintendos standards, the message was
bold: Get N, or get out,the old commercials
went. With its name, the Nintendo 64 made a
cold and confident debut as the first 64-bit game
machine and even before that, Nintendo had
codenamed the console Project Reality.Its
design was sleek, black and intimidating, like it
was supposed to be the bully on the block.
The Big N had reason to be confident.
With a powerful two-part processor, the
Nintendo 64 could render 3D games that
made Sonys early PlayStation efforts look like
spoiled soup (something all these older 3D
games are starting to resemble nowadays). It
included four controller ports right out of the
box and could handle split-screen multiplayer
with ease. Most important of all, it offered a
controller that actually complemented the 3D
games its hardware was suited for. While a bit
more modest, the rear-facing Z button intro-
duced gamers to the now-ubiquitous trigger
if youre playing a shooter, you may as feel
like youre shooting.
But it was also a time of great
uncertainty, and Nintendo was hedging
its bets. Add in a lack of foresight, and
youll start to understand why the N64
barely managed to sell a
third of what
Sony did with
the PlayStation.
It was still
unclear if 3D
would take over
or if 2D games
would have a sig-
nificant place on the N64 turns
out they didnt so Nintendo created an
unsightly third prong on its controller for a tra-
ditional D-pad and shoulder button. It turned
out to be a fairly awkward waste of space, as
only a handful of games made meaningful use
of it. Even its impressive joystick had the wind
taken out of its sails, as Sony one-upped
Nintendo with the elegant DualShock con-
troller just a year later.
The Nintendo 64 was also held back by its
hardware, which in hindsight was caught
between the worst parts of two overlapping
eras. While Sony went with Compact Discs
they developed them, after all Nintendo
stuck with bulky cartridges out of a fear of
piracy and stubbornness to change. It was nice
to not worry about scratching up a disc, but
Nintendo 64 cartridges were more expensive to
manufacture and could only hold, well, 64 MB
of data. Nintendo lost dozens of third-party
deals over the cartridge decision, most famous-
ly its treasured partnership with Final Fantasy-
developer Squaresoft.
In short, develop-
ing on the N64 was
a headache for
anyone but
Nintendo and
its sub-
sidiaries.
But ulti-
mately, that
might be the systems saving grace. The
Nintendo 64s technical shortcomings and his-
torical oddities are undeniable, but so is the
enduring charm of the systems first-party
library. Even considering only Nintendo and
Rare, the system was a worthy purchase: games
like Mario 64, Ocarina of Time, Star Fox 64,
Goldeneye, Banjo-Kazooie and Mario Kart 64
bent the arc of gaming history and will live on
in basements and dorm rooms for decades.
Maybe I was just the right age at the right time,
but its hard not to think those games overcame
the limitations of their time and pushed their
way close to legend. The titles I just named, in
fact, are so well remembered that theyve all
been remade or reimagined in recent years. No
other consoles first-party library still receives so
much attention.
Fifteen years on, the Nintendo 64 stands as
a timely reminder of Nintendos greatest
strengths and weaknesses. The Big N can be
bafflingly unresponsive to changes in techno-
logical trends and consumer preferences, but it
isnt afraid to blaze new paths all on its own.
With the company struggling to sell hardware
and investors calling for Nintendo to go the
way of Sega and sell off its software to other
companies, its hard to be certain of what lies
ahead. But as we can fittingly recall on this
anniversary, one thing is clear with rose-tinted
glasses or not: Nintendo is an immensely proud
company and will relentlessly pursue its own
vision for the future, come hell or high water.
I, for one, am glad they did so 15 years
ago. Happy birthday, Nintendo 64.
nate ADAMS
contact nate:
nbadams@stanf ord. edu
6
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ames
All Photos
Courtesy Nintendo
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, N64
AN HONEST LOOK BACK AT NINTENDOS FIRST 3D CONSOLE
!"
octor Whois a British
science fiction show
about a 900-year-old
alien who travels through time and
space. Its also the longest-running
(science fiction) TV show in human
history, so theres got to be a bit more
to it than that.
The show was created in 1963, ran
until 1989 and was triumphantly
rebooted in 2005. It achieved its epic
longevity because of the nature of its
protagonist, an ancient alien who goes
only by the title The Doctor.The
Doctors race is capable of cheating
death via a process called regenera-
tion,in which they become, essentially,
a completely new person, with all the
same memories and attachments but a
new face, new personality, new quirks.
This allows the show to refresh itself
with an entirely new leading man
whenever the main actor begins to
grow stale or predictable, giving the
show a fantastically dynamic sort of
continuity seen nowhere else on TV.
Viewers are determined that theyll
never get over their first Doctor, right
up until they meet the next one; every-
one has a favorite Doctor (10 is a popu-
lar choice and happens to be my per-
sonal Doctor, though I hear good
things about four).
The show focuses on this entirely
unique character, who is presented as
more wonderful and terrifying than
anything we could encounter on Earth.
He is characterized by his delight in
new things, his reverential opinion of
the human race and his compassion.
He is also one of the few heroes in pop
culture who defines himself as a cow-
ard; the Doctor would rather flee dan-
ger than face it, is dependent on those
weaker and more flawed than him to
keep him from losing control and is so
crippled by guilt, age and fear of his
own terrible power that he very nearly
self-destructs. To provide us with a
window into his soul, the writers
ensure that the Doctor always travels
with a companion, who is generally
wildly relatable and quite overwhelm-
ingly normal.
Since the beginning,Doctor
Whohas become an entire cultural
experience, one whose fans are nothing
short of fanatical. Its become some-
thing of a religion for many viewers,
who harbor a secret nugget of hope
that their favorite Doctor, as a time
traveler, could technically still turn up
for us any day now. In the current
Doctors personal timeline, 200 years
passed between last weeks episode and
this weeks and as a friend of mine
pointed out, he had to have spent that
time with someone. Why not her?
But I dont watch Doctor Who
because it is a cultural experience. I
watch because Doctor Whois (like
most good shows) at its heart not just
a science fiction joyride or a brilliant
story, its a show about people a
more ambitious and optimistic hymn
to humanity than any I have ever
encountered. The show dwells in dark-
ness with a ruthless tendency of sys-
tematically creating and brutally mur-
dering/abandoning/otherwise destroy-
ing compelling characters, but it also
clings to the light. The Doctor is a
man unwilling to compromise his
morality in any situationhe would
not sacrifice one life to save millions
because he holds the importance of
the individual above all else. But the
show is not foolish or naive in its
moralism; lives are lost, plans fail and
tragedy often strikes despite the best of
intentions.
I think much of the shows charm
comes in its very human self-centered-
ness: in a universe full of wonder, the
oldest and wisest creature of them all
just happens to be absolutely head-
over-heels infatuated with the human
race. Thousands of years in our future,
the show assures us that humans are
still almost unrivaled in our potential
for both good and evil, and the Doctor
loves us and needs us despite our fre-
quent ignorance and weakness. Its a
sort of reassuring pat on the back from
the most powerful man in the universe
and one thats a pleasure to watch,
despite its admitted self-indulgence.
At the end of the day, with all phi-
losophy and literary analysis put aside,
Doctor Whois an absolute joy to
watch. Its tremendously witty, fre-
quently hilarious, proficiently tragic
and populated by the most compelling
characters Ive ever encountered. New
viewers ought to start with season one
of the reboot (the Ninth Doctor), disre-
gard the first seasons cringe-worthy
special effects and the less-than-impres-
sive pilot episode, and sail through to
the relentlessly brilliant later episodes. If
by season two you havent fallen head
over heels for the program and all its
associated characters, I sincerely ques-
tion your character.
el i ana CARMONA
contact el i ana:
carmona@stanford.edu
At an average of four dollars for
a custom-made cup from the store,
an earth-shatteringly good cup of
Philz coffee can break the bank once
you get into the habit of going as
often as I do. Fortunately, I recently
discovered that the ground beans,
averaging $14 a pound, arent sub-
stantially more expensive than a pre-
mium Starbucks blend. Keeping a
bag of Philz beans in your room
makes the whole place smell awe-
some. It also gives your room instant,
underground foodie cred to impress
that skinny hipster kid from IHUM
section that youre still trying to woo.
I recently had the exciting
chance to speak with Phil Jaber of
Philz himself. Hes mostly busy right
now gearing up for the opening of
the newest Philz outpost, slated to
open its doors on Oct. 3 a roomy
store off University Avenue targeted
especially at Stanford students.
During our conversation, he kept
laughing when I asked what puts his
coffee miles above most other
blends.
I was just born to make coffee,
Jaber explained. Philz is special. We
do things with love and faith and
truth.
Sounds more like a cheesy love
poem than the pitch for a successful
coffee brand, doesnt it? Maybe Phil
is my secret boyfriend after all.
evi e DANFORTH
cont act evi e:
erdanf or @st anf ord. edu
7
STUFF WE LOVE: #"$%&$'()*$+
Courtesy BBC
50/50: 11:00AM, 12:20PM,
1:25PM, 3:00PM. 4:00PM,
5:30PM, 7:30PM, 8:40PM,
10:10PM
DREAM HOUSE: 11:10AM,
1:45PM, 4:30PM, 7:50PM,
10:35PM
WHAT'S YOUR NUMBER?:
11:00AM, 1:35PM, 4:10PM,
7:35PM, 10:20PM
ABDUCTION: 12:30PM,
3:40PM, 7:20PM, 10:15PM
DOLPHIN TALE: REALD 3D:
1:40PM, 7:10PM
DIGITAL CINEMA: 11:00AM,
4:20PM, 9:50PM
KILLER ELITE: 11:20AM,
2:10PM, 4:55PM, 7:45PM,
10:30PM
MONEYBALL: 11:00AM,
12:PM, 2:00PM, 3:10PM,
5:00PM, 7:00PM, 8:30PM,
10:05PM
DRIVE: 11:00AM, 1:30PM,
2:40PM, 4:05PM, 7:05PM,
8:00PM, 9:55PM
THE LION KING: REALD 3D:
11:30AM, 1:55PM, 4:15PM,
7:00PM, 9:30PM
DIGITAL CINEMA: 11:00AM,
1:15PM, 3:30PM, 6:10PM,
8:45PM
CONTAGION: 11:05AM,
1:50PM, 4:25PM, 7:40PM,
10:25PM
THE DEBT: 3:35PM, 9:55PM
THE HELP: 11:50AM, 6:40PM
THE GUARD: 12:10PM,
5:15PM, 10:30PM
HARRY POTTER AND THE
DEATHLY HALLOWS: REALD
3D: 11:40AM, 6:30PM
DIGITAL CINEMA: 2:50PM,
9:35PM
MON AND TUES ONLY 10/3 10/4
THE HELP 1:00, 4:10, 7:15
THE GUARD 2:15, 4:40, 7:20
WEDS ONLY 10/5
THE HELP 1:00, 4:10, 7:15
THE GUARD 2:15, 4:40
THURS 10/6
THE HELP 1:00, 4:10, 7:15
THE GUARD 2:15, 4:40,
7:20
CONTINUED FROM PHILZ PAGE 3
Evie Danforth/The Stanford Daily
N
ow that the frosh have bro-
ken their dry spells post-
NSO, Roxy is ready to play.
After vehemently denying responsi-
bility for the Thank you for your
daughters banner posted in White
Plaza last week, the gentlemen of
SAE probably thanked many girls for
. . . coming to their party Monday
night. Though the start of the quar-
ter can be hectic, Roxy never misses a
chance to get busy. She skipped the a
capella concert to mentally and phys-
ically prepare for SAE and had her
own O-show after the party. Not one
to get tired easily, heres Roxys guide
to enjoying this weekends festivities.
Sigma Chi: Lets Get Physical
Though many upperclassmen
loathe the sweaty, over-packed frater-
nity parties, Roxy can never pass up
an opportunity to get her grind on in
neon-colored spandex and very little
else. Plus, Roxys inner-exhibitionist
cant wait to get up on the Sigma Chi
mantle . . . especially since she knows
she wont be the only one getting up
that night. If you dont have the
stamina to work out all night in such
a tight space, Roxy recommends a
little personal-training session back
in your own room (note: Sigma Chi
only has one single).
Sigma Nu: Disorientation
Roxys spent so many nights in
Sigma Nu that it would take more
than a few Solo cups of jungle juice
to get her disoriented there. But for
those of you with less . . . experience,
heres a tip: unless you meet some-
one early enough in the evening,
odds are you wont be making your
way upstairs. But Roxy doesnt think
thats a problem as long as you can
find someone to get down with. If
youre looking for freshmeat, ahem,
freshmen, theres sure to be plenty of
Tranc-bros and Tranc-hos in the
backyard (Roxy sees you, Wilbur!).
Sig Ep: Oktoberfest
If youre looking for something
a little more international in terms of
your beer selection (Roxy loves the
Nasty Ice, but she needs variety in
her drinks as much as in her men)
you can head to Sig Eps Oktoberfest.
Roxys always had a thing for
sausages. At the end of the night,
Roxy wants you to remember that
the brothers of Sig Ep dont live in
the house where the party is held . . .
but that just means youll have to get
creative with your cultural explo-
ration.
A few final words of wisdom from
Roxy:
Consent is sexy, harassment is
not. Stay the night, but dont overstay
your welcome.
That NSO nametag youve been
wearing all week? Roxy sees it as a
bulls eye. Ready, aim, fire.
advice
intermission
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09.30.11
well then, email us!
intermission@stanforddaily.com
FRIDAY
BONE TO PICK?
MANAGING EDITOR
Lauren Wilson
DESK EDITOR
Andrea Hinton
COPY EDITOR
Stephanie Weber
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