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A class action suit has been filed against Stanford Hospital & Clinics and a third-party vendor by patients whose personal information was published on a public website discovered earlier this month. A third-party vendor and its subcontractor with whom the Hospital had been working were responsible for posting patients names, hospital admittance, exit dates and other information on a commercial site, where it remained for almost one year. Patients information from dates ranging March 1 to Aug. 31, 2009 was posted on a student-run
homework site called Student of Fortune in September 2010. We value the privacy of patient health information and are committed to protecting it at all times, said Diane Meyer, Chief Privacy Officer at Stanford Hospital & Clinics in a Hospital press release. Our contractors are explicitly required to commit to strong safeguards to protect the confidentiality of our patients information. We have worked extremely hard to identify all the parties responsible. After launching an investigation at the end of August, the Hospital found Multi-Specialty Collection Services, LLC (MSCS) and its subcontractor to be the source of the
leak. MSCS was contracted to provide business and financial support to the Hospital, and was legally responsible for protecting all patient information needed for its services. It was determined that no Hospital employees were involved with the posting of information. In a statement released Monday morning, SHC said it would defend the lawsuit. Stanford Hospital & Clinics understands that a purported class action lawsuit was filed against it and Multi-Specialty Collection Services, LLC, an outside vendor that caused some confidential information about patients who visited Stanford Hospitals emergency room to be posted on a website,
the statement reads. SHC intends to vigorously defend the lawsuit that has been filed as it acted appropriately and did not violate the law as claimed in the lawsuit. Approximately 20,000 patients were affected by the security breach; SHC mailed informational letters to each in response.The lawsuit was filed on behalf of some of these patients in a Los Angeles court. According to SHC Director of Communications Gary Migdol, the Hospital was not planning to comment further on the matter at this time. Contact Kate Abbott at kmabbott@ stanford.edu.
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One million additional young adults have health insurance coverage compared to a year ago as a result of the Affordable Care Act, the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services reported on Sept.21.The act has had little impact on health insurance coverage rates and choices at Stanford so far, though Cardinal Care may become more expensive in future years. The Affordable Care Act, first signed into law in March 2010, directly impacts young adults because of a policy that allows children under 26 years of age to stay on their parents family policy.This policy was intended to bridge a gap in coverage for new college graduates who are still searching for jobs and previously did not qualify to stay on their parents family policy. According to the Department of Health & Human Services, this gap is being filled.Between the first quarter of 2010 and the second quarter of 2011, a Gallup survey showed that the rates of insured adults aged 18 to 25 had increased from 71.0 percent to 75.1 percent. While national insurance coverage rates are going up, Stanfords enrollment figures for Cardinal Care have remained fairly stable,indicating that students are not opting to stay on their parents plans because of the new law. In 2011, about 30 percent of undergraduates and 75 percent of graduate students had Cardinal Care.According to Leigh Stacy, associate director for finance and administration at Vaden Health Center,the number of enrollees in Cardinal Care this year is similar to last years, and perhaps even a little higher. However, changes are yet to come, due to policies that expand access to preventative health care.The act grants free access to preventative services
Poet Peter Kline reads and discusses his work at the annual Writers Showcase in Jordan Hall. Other writers included Ammi Keller, Rusty Dolleman, Chanan Tigay and Malena Watrous.
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The Alcohol Advisory Board plans to re-examine the Row houses exemption to the New Student Orientation (NSO) alcohol policy, according to Ralph Castro, director of the newly formed Office of Alcohol Policy and Education (OAPE). This review comes after alcohol transports occurred during this years NSO week. According to the Stanford University Department of Public Safety (SUDPS) Bulletin, at least two alcohol transports occurred during the NSO period. For the past several years during NSO, typically considered a dry week, Row houses received a dispensation from Residential Educations Row Office to host parties serving alcohol, on several conditions, according to the Alcohol@Stanford website. For example, houses
The fate of the second floor of the Nitery remains unclear, according to ASSU leadership, despite the ASSU Publications Boards claims that the space was slated to become a Graphic Design and Writing Centerfor student publications. In anticipation of the new use for the space, the Board purchased more than $30,000 worth of furniture last spring. According to Greg Boardman, vice provost of student affairs (VPSA), the ASSU and the VPSA office are currently forming a working group to gather broader student input as we define the future use of the Nitery space. Last April, the Undergraduate Senate voted to approve a $70,000 funding bill requested by thenPublications Board co-directors Alice Nam 11 and Zachary Warma 11.The money was earmarked to furnish and equip a high-tech publications space on the second floor of the Nitery. On May 5, the Publications Board spent more than $30,000 of that money to purchase furniture from Steelcase Inc.for the space. On June 5, ASSU President Michael Cruz 12 forwarded a message co-signed by Boardman and dean of student life Chris Griffith to the public Undergraduate Senate email list, in which Boardman and Griffith stated that the newly purchased furniture would have to be removed from the Nitery during the summer in order to make room for conferences that had rented the space out. The agreement between VSPA and ASSU leadership over the last several years has also remained in place; namely that the Nitery would be utilized as a conference space during summer,the letter stated. The removal of the current furnishings is in keeping with that agreement. In the letter, Boardman and Griffith outlined that a working group of both students and a few staff members would be created, so that a clear method of allocating space in the Old Union complex could be established moving forward. Currently,the working group is still forming,but will likely include Griffith, Cruz,ASSU Vice President Stewart Macgregor-Dennis 13 and Jeanette Smith-Laws, director of operations and student unions. While individuals disagree about whether there was any agreement,or implicit promise,concerning the use of the space, Nam maintains that she and Warma received confirmation that their proposal could move forward,and the ASSU Senate provided the necessary funds. It remains unclear what will happen to the new furniture, most of which is currently on the second floor of the Nitery, according to Kate Abbott 12 and Sam Coggeshall 12, who were confirmed as this years Publications Board co-directors. The Pub Board proposal When the Board of Trustees approved a $24 million renovation of Old Union in 2005, the plan included student publications occupying the upper two floors of the Nitery. However, only the Stanford Chaparral the campuss bi-quarterly humor magazine was given a spot in the Nitery when the renovated space opened in 2007. Students involved in publications have lacked a centralized hub on campus since the Storke Pub-
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lishing Building which used to house multiple student publications, including The Daily was demolished in 2009. The Daily does not receive any funding from the Pub Board. Nam and Alex Katz 12, her original co-chair before Warma replaced him for spring quarter, drafted a plan that would make the common area of the second-floor Nitery a group collaboration area; the plan also intended two side-rooms to be computer clusters. The goal was to make a space where organizations could meet and get advice on how to improve their publications, as well as a space where students could pick up publications most recent issues. The proposal timeline After several months of communicating with various University officials, the Publications Board received Senate approval in April to purchase furniture, but the staying power of the proposal was unclear. According to Nam, Warma received a text message from SmithLaws on May 12that said, Take the space and well work out the rest. Nam said after getting verbal clarification from Smith-Laws as she was entering Old Union, she and Warma decided to interpret this as written approval. Smith-Laws directed an interview request by The Daily to Cruz. Cruz maintained, No agreement, formal or informal, was ever formalized. He said he was not sure why the Senate approved the funds if the proposal was not finalized. Cruz was vice president of the ASSU at the time of the approval,but had worked with the Publications Board as a senator. We decided that because it was
May, and we had started trying to get the approval process going back in October that we were just going to move stuff in since we had [Smith-Laws] written approval,Nam said. They had the furniture delivered the following Friday. It wasnt until the last week of the spring quarter that Nam received the email Cruz had forwarded to the Senate list about the furniture being removed from the Nitery over the summer. Nam acknowledged that negotiations with the University were not always smooth. They told us up front that people complain about the Wellness Room, people complain about the ethnic community centers,she said.I think they didnt want to change anything [in the Union] because then new people might be complaining. New people might be appealing to them asking them why they didnt get space. At a May 3 Undergraduate Senate meeting, Nanci Howe, associate dean of Student Activities and Leadership (SAL), presented some of her concerns about making the space a publications center. One challenge with the space is that the University has made a commitment to having spaces as open to all students as broadly as possible,Howe said. For me, Im very supportive of student publications, but Im much more interested in creating a space that can be used by all students,rather than one labeled for publications. Abbott and Coggeshall at the May 31 Senate meeting, said they were surprised when they found out over the summer that all of the new furnishings had been removed from the Nitery. Abbott is a senior staff writer at The Daily. Abbott said that while the space is no longer officially slated for a publications center, the Board is going through normal student-group channels to try to reserve rooms in the second-floor Nitery for publication-related events. Both Abbott and Coggeshell said they hope to be inCourt Created a New System of Political Corruption.Commentators will include Joshua Cohen, Stanford professor of political science, philosophy and law, and Stephen Ansolabehere, Harvard professor of government. Feingold, who was honored in September with the Roosevelt Institutes 2011 Four Freedoms Award, is known for his efforts toward government transparency and his collaboration with Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) on campaign finance reform.The two senators co-sponsored the McCain-Fein-
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for the University. While RAs are present during party planning sessions for the NSO in-house parties, they do not initiate or lead these events. As RAs, we just go through the session,to know about the process to help mediate and advise the community managers, Shotan said. Were actually not allowed to register parties. It used to be really, really strict, Shotan added, referring to the years before the NSO Row house exemption. [The Row houses] are trusted to be responsible, to handle such events, even during such a sensitive period as NSO. Castro emphasized the importance that Row residents adhere to the NSO regulations, cautioning that Row houses that fail to comply may lose the privilege to host in-house parties during NSO. You abuse it, you lose it, Castro said. We did have some issues last year that were isolated to certain groups, and we dealt with those groups through our existing processes. The Row managers had a meeting with Zac Sargeant, where they found that there was a transport, Shotan said.We dont know if it was some Stanford student, or if it even happened at a Stanford party. I also heard rumors that it might have been a non-Stanford student. Row student manager Zac Sargeant and Castro declined to comment on specifics. At this time, I cant comment on those [incidents], Castro said. At some point in the next few weeks, members of the [Alcohol Advisory] Board will come together to discuss what happened during that time period, what were the circumstances and make a determination on whether or not that exemption to the policy will occur next year. Contact Jenny Thai at jthai1@stanford.edu. first make people laugh and then make them think.The prizes are intended to celebrate the unusual,honor the imaginative and spur peoples interest in science,medicine and technology. Other 2011 winners included researchers from several countries who examined why people sigh, analyzed decision-making when subjects needed to urinate and documented that there is No Evidence of Contagious Yawning in the Red-Footed Tortoise.
Margaret Rawson
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Bringing clarity to the budget crisis
CACS seeks to explain the numbers
By SUZANNE STATHATOS
DESK EDITOR
fter a week of school, Stanford students are already buzzing around campus with problem sets in hand, essays to write and meetings to schedule. Within the Stanford bubble, all students are able to solve problems but a Stanford student group and nonprofit organization called California Common Sense (CACS) has taken that problem solving to the next level.These students hope to tackle one of the largest problems in Californias history: the budget crisis. CACS is a team of Stanford students and alumni working to identify where California allocates its money, to inform the public of where the money is going and to find a policy solution to address government inefficiencies. It uses Stanford analytics and Silicon Valley technology to help people grasp the structures of state and local budgets. Started in 2010 by Matt Cook 11 and Joe Lonsdale 03, CACS has blossomed from just an idea into a fullfledged nonprofit organization. Cook and Lonsdale were concerned that the California government wasnt working well, said CACS executive director Dakin Sloss 12. Most people only got concerned; they dont know where to go after that . . . we have an engagement program to help people take action. Our group isnt about politics or philosophy, Cook said. Its about showing people the numbers, and using an engineering approach to reveal and fix inefficiencies in order to get our state back on track. But how do they necessarily do that? It began as a research think tank. A group of students wanted to know what was actually going wrong in the California government, what departments were doing what, if they were doing what they were supposed to do, said CACS research analyst Druthi Ghanta 14. If they werent, the question of do we even need them anymore arose. CACS dug deep to collect data on all of Californias government entities. They read fiscal reports, contacted government officials and checked for redundancies in the reports of state organizations. Ghanta said the process took months.
Once they collected all of the data, CACS put it into a suite of tools designed to sift through and clarify budgetary information, called the data transparency portal. Realizing that the first step in solving a problem is understanding it, we created the California org chart and other transparency tools to make Californias institutional problems obvious to citizens and to empower people to solve them, Cook said. Were trying to get people to actually care about whats going on in the government, instead of being apathetic, Ghanta said. CACS has already gained the atten-
tion of elected officials at the state and federal level.They have worked to prepare spending analyses for U.S. Congressman Eric Cantor, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed and the state of Georgia. As executive director of the organization, Sloss has weekly meetings and telephone conferences with elected officials. Other U.S. congressmen have also expressed interest in working with CACS. While the portal is already in place and the website is running smoothly, the group still has a lot of work ahead of it. They aspire to spread across California and eventually across the nation primarily through other collegiate or-
ganizations. We want to get millions of Californians online,discussing and understanding the issues at hand, Sloss said.What we need to do is give everyone a voice so we can have an effective democracy, one without the inherent flaw where corporations, unions and special interest groups buy off elected officials. Whether it ultimately reaches its goals or not, California Common Sense seems to have the Stanford mentality behind it it dreams big and shoots for the moon. Contact Suzanne Stathatos at sstat@stanford.edu.
A reintroduction to Oxford
t would be far too clich to describe returning to Oxford as if it were like arriving at Hogwarts, but there is something truly magical about this place. As I stepped off the bus on Queens Lane, it was impossible not to notice how the medieval colleges and cobblestone streets appeared ancient and alien when compared to Stanfords red tile and palm trees. Although the city of Oxford bursts with centuries-old stone buildings, it does not carry the stale decay or obsolete novelty of most museum pieces. The charm of
Oxford is the blend of ancient with modern. The college halls that once sheltered politicians, scientists and thinkers still resonate in the minds of our English peers. Thatched-roofed and stone-floored pubs echo with energetic laughter and the sounds of Ke$ha. Underneath their exteriors, the buildings that make up Oxford are as excited and as alive as Stanford, with an added hint of mystery and majesty. Retuning to Oxford is a whole new experience. I uncover and appreciate details that were hidden in the freshness of my previous experience. Being here again has
taught me that it is impossible not to find something endearing about the City of Dreaming Spires. After landing, getting settled and battling jet lag, I chose to go on a run. My run was Oxfords best welcome gift. As the sun rose, the ancient stone dormitories and Magdalen Tower were silhouetted against the mist and rugby fields. While I stared at that scene, the fatigue, hunger and chill of the English morning began to fade, and I knew that I was truly lucky to return to the land of stone and magic.
Kevin Bretthauer
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the real conclusion. We were talking about major realizations, priorities and goals, and our stark differences came into sharp relief. Our words became somber because they were more blatantly significant. In summary, we had each grown a lot, but unimaginably differently. We had chosen almost perfectly opposite views of the world that were completely incompatible with each other. It was such a clear moment, like in the movies. It was really difficult to register exactly where our relationship stood, why it was there and by what it was constricted. Yet I knew it was inevitable, because my faith is . . . not actually compromising in the least. I knew it was coming even before, but denial is persistent. People call it having things in common or wanting the same things in life, easy phrases carved from a truth: we share more of ourselves with those who share our deepest beliefs. Theres a vacuum when we dont, and both the most successful relationships and divorces around us say so equally. Then again, this applies only for those who choose to stand by their values, and thats not necessarily everyone. After all, its easy to avoid tension when youre flirting over a cup of coffee. Its easy to sleep in denial to sustain a onenight stand. Of course, people connect in these most casual of encounters, and our lives are filled with acquaintances that teach us and laugh with us and flit in and out of our call logs. But past a certain point in every relationship, our beliefs about who we are, about what were here for steal the spotlight.They are the ultimate bonding material, and thus the most divisive, for any connection worth keeping. And if that is the case, we should make sure that when we hit a wall in a relationship, we are doing so in the name of something that we choose, that is good, that is right. Otherwise, the sacrifice would be completely meaningless. One connection that would not be meaningless would be an email to Nina at ninamc@stanford.edu. It wont be a leap of faith, she promises!
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n the past two months that Ive spent in the nations capital attending another school (all thanks to our little-known Diversity Exchange program), every once in a while Ive caught myself thinking, Man, I miss Stanford. It happened the first time when I was caught in a thunderstorm wearing a sheer summer dress and flipflops. It happened again when I realized that classes not only start in August, but they keep going all the way to December. But every single time I see the door to my room, this same thought never fails to come to mind. Its not because my room isnt decent (its very Mirrielees-esque) or because I dislike my roommate (nope, shes as cool as I am), but because theres something missing. Something I never appreciated since it is ubiquitous at Stanford. Honestly, what I miss most are name tags. I can still remember hearing the screams of Welcome to Stanford! when I arrived at Wilbur for the first time. As I walked through the halls looking for my room, every door had bright yellow SubmaRinc name tags pasted on it, announcing to every passerby the name and hometown of whoever inhabited the room. Of course, we werent the only ones who went all-out. Across the entire campus, almost every dorm room door has something on it acknowledging the presence of life inside based on whatever clever theme was chosen for that year. Back then I never cared about those overly decorated pieces of paper.They were convenient during rollouts or for Facebook-stalking purposes, but overall they seemed kind of pointless. Who really needs to know their neighbors favorite ice cream flavor or what bedtime story they loved as a toddler? Nevertheless, when I arrived at Howard, I was mildly disappointed when I found my room sans nametag. I wasnt expecting the same kind of fanfare surrounding dorm decorations, but at least something. On move-in day, the only Welcome to Howard indication was a couple of blue and white bal-
loons tied to a kiosk outside. As time passes, seeing the endless rows of uniformly undecorated doors still makes me a little sad. Remembering all the decked out doors at Stanford, its amazing how such a seemingly innocuous object can help create a sense of community so quickly. Whether theyre well made or not, they do help bind a dorm together.And its weird not to know my neighbors names. Of course, I could do the old-fashioned thing of knocking on their door or asking them during the umpteenth time I see them in the hall, but thats a lot of effort. This past Sunday, I volunteered at Stanfords District of Columbia regional admissions info session that featured young alumni talking about their experience as students. When they played a video about Discovering Stanford, it had me ready to reapply just so I could live out all the amazing moments they recorded. The video was so persuasive that it made the first floor of Meyer Library look good (but when the admissions rep mentioned the 7.1 percent admit rate, I was like, Thank God I already got in.) Following the video, I listened as one panelist described the different characters he met in his dorm, while another commented on the great network of classmates and other alumni that he has met since leaving Stanford. After the aspiring ProFros had disappeared at the end of the session, I saw the instant camaraderie among the alumni. Though a few of them were already friends, most of them were meeting for the first time and they were able to bond over shared experiences. (You lived in Toyon? I lived in Toyon! You threw up behind the dumpster on the Row? So did I!) Stanford cultivates an atmosphere where sharing equals caring share your name, share your story, share your life and I cant help but wonder how much those little name tags helped in that process. Its at moments like this when I realize that even when I am away from the Farm, I still take it with me wherever I go.
Camira Powell
Stanford cultivates an atmosphere where sharing equals caring...and I cant help but wonder how much those little name tags helped in that process.
Dont get me wrong. Im enjoying my time at Howard, and Im coming back with a little Bison in my blood. Yet this time away has taught me a thing or two, and I feel that its my Cardinal duty to pass the info along. So if nothing else, dont take nametags for granted. Learn your neighbors name and their favorite flavor of ice cream. I know I will. Even if it means making my own name tag, and everyone elses too. You already know Camiras name,so why not email her at camirap@stanford.edu?
SPORTS
SWEET REVENGE
CARD BEATS USC, CAL
By DAVID PEREZ The Stanford mens water polo team took first place in the SoCal Tournament this weekend, avenging its only two losses of the season in the process. The No. 4 Cardinal (7-2) went 4-0 in the two-day event, winning two games Saturday and two on Sunday. The final three victories came by a combined four goals as Stanford ended USCs nine-year title run at the prestigious tournament held jointly at Long Beach State and Los Alamitos Joint Forces Training Base. ford was never really in the game, trailing 4-0 after the first quarter and 10-3 at halftime. This time the Cardinal was able to stifle USCs offense, keeping Stanford within reach throughout the contest. After trailing by a goal at halftime,the Cardinal dominated the second half, outscoring the Trojans 41 to pull off the upset. When asked about the difference between the two meetings, Sefton said, The defense was much, much better. Watkins was even more blunt he responded to the same question with just one word, Defense. In a game where Stanford scored only six goals,the fewest the team has scored in any game of the tournament, defense was indeed the key. Stanford held USC to only one shot on goal in the first quarter and only 11 in the entire game. This was a major improvement considering USC scored 12 goals in their previous meeting. Sefton, who has stepped up as a vocal leader in his senior year, commented on the teams tenacity in preventing goals. Our intensity and effort on defense were much higher compared to two weeks ago, he said. Stanfords six goals came from five different players; Watkins was the only Cardinal player with more than one. Three goals came from the usual suspects Sefton, Smith and junior driver Paul Rudolph had a goal apiece but the other three goals came from some unexpected sources. Sefton attributed that to the USC defense. Against a team like USC, you have to take what they give you, he said. Thats why there were goals from people who do not usually score. The defensive-minded Andrew LaForge may have been the last person Stanford expected to score, but he did just that with a crucial third quarter goal, his first of the season and just his seventh in three years on the Farm. Watkins, on the other hand, has
Sophomore outside hitter Rachel Williams led No. 7 Stanford with 19 kills and 12 digs in Stanfords four-set win over Arizona on Sunday. The win helped the Cardinal get back over .500 in Pac-12 play after seven conference matches.
SOPHOMORE SURGE
By DANIEL LUPIN
CONTRIBUTING WRITER
After dropping a pair of tight matches in Los Angeles, the No. 7 Stanford womens volleyball team returned to the friendly confines of Maples Pavilion this past weekend with resounding success. Paced by the dynamic sophomore duo of outside hitter Rachel Williams and middle blocker Carly Wopat, who was named Pac-12 Offensive Player of the Week, the Cardinal swept the Arizona schools to move back above .500 in conference play. Stanford (10-3, 4-3 Pac-12) began the weekend with a dominating straight-sets win Friday night against an overmatched Arizona State squad (4-11, 0-6), winning 2517,25-19,25-18.Particularly notable was the play of Stanfords middle blockers, featuring Wopat and junior Jessica Walker. Wopat finished the evening with a match-high 12 kills to go along with five blocks and just one error. She had a stellar .524 hitting percentage for the match. Walker was equally impressive, registering nine kills on 18 error-free attempts in addition to a careerhigh eight blocks, which led all players. Their dominance highlighted Stanfords advantage at the net, as
the Cardinal finished the evening with a 13-4 advantage in blocks, holding ASU to a paltry .097 hitting percentage.
18.The difference was Stanfords improved offensive attack, as the team hit a season-best .392. The prowess of the Cardinals sophomores was on full display, as Williams led the team with 19 kills and 12 digs, her eighth double-double of the season, and Wopat tied career highs with 14 kills and nine blocks. They highlighted an all-around terrific effort, with important contributions also coming from junior setter Karissa Cook and senior middle blocker Stephanie Browne. Cook finished with 48 assists and 11 digs to go with seven kills and a career-best .545 hitting percentage, while Browne registered seven kills on eight attempts in addition to a career-high seven blocks. Head coach John Dunning certainly appreciated the total team effort. This was a great week for us, he said. Everyone knew we had to work hard and improve after the L.A. weekend, and we did. Great effort and great focus carried over to the matches; we took a big step forward offensively. The five-time defending conference champions are back in action this Friday night at Oregon State. Contact Daniel Lupin at delupin@ stanford.edu.
Tom Taylor
know illegal file-sharing is a cardinal sin pun not intended and that it leaves a big hole in the bank accounts of our impoverished multimillionaire artists, but what about the sports equivalent? Is it okay to watch games streamed, illegally,across the Internet? There is of course nothing like physically being at a game, and if you live close enough to the action, it is hard to argue for substituting that with video footage, whether a jumpy Internet stream or high-definition TV. However,it is not cheap being an average sports fan. Even in the global economic downturn, ticket prices predictably go up every year,and teams,at least in soccer, change their jerseys on an annual basis in the hope of prying an extra dollar or two from our wallets. Going to every home game is a serious commitment of time and money that most people simply cant afford. And then there are the away games. It is a virtually impossible dream to watch every game in the flesh, even through just one season. Add in any postseason games, and people will start to wonder if you actually have a job, and if not, where you got all that money from. If you are really lucky, the games you cannot attend will be shown on regular TV via a standard cable package or free (and legally) on the Web. But you cant always count on such fortune, leaving you relying on the dreaded pay-per-view, or even facing the reality that there isnt sufficient demand to justify retransmitting the action. Pay-per-view often prices itself out of the market, or at least out of my market as an example, a single game from the current Rugby World Cup costs $25, while the whole pack-
Despite missing several of its top runners, the No. 3 mens cross country team put on a strong showing at the Notre Dame Invitational last Saturday, scoring 202 points to place fourth in the competitive Blue Division. No. 14 BYU won the race, with No. 10 Florida State and No. 12 Princeton finishing second and third, respectively. Mens coach Jason Dunn was impressed with the teams performance in very tough conditions winds were gusting up to 30 miles per hour during the race, and heavy rain in the area made for a very wet and muddy course.
Redshirt senior Brendan Gregg led Stanford with a 12thplace finish at the Notre Dame Invitational. As a team, the No. 3 Cardinal men finished fourth overall.
Missing from the Cardinals usual starting seven were senior All-Americans Chris Derrick and Jacob Riley, who finished one-two in Stanfords win at the Stanford Invitational last month. Both are expected to challenge for the individual crown at the NCAA Championships in November. Redshirt senior Brendan Gregg, back at full health after sitting out last year due to injury, picked up the slack as the teams number one, crossing the finish line in 12th place at 24:23. Redshirt sophomore Andrew Berberick was hot on Greggs heels, placing 21st at 24:38, followed closely by redshirt senior J.T. Sullivan at 24:51. BYUs Miles Batty won the meets individual title in 23:59, holding off Princetons Donn Cabral and Florida States Mike Fout down the final stretch, and the Cougars placed five runners in the top 20 overall to win the team title comfortably. But Dunn was more concerned with staying healthy and getting the team running against solid competition. [Notre Dame] was an opportunity to expose more of our athletes to high-level competition, Dunn said.We have a deep roster and we are limited by the Pac-12 to a travel squad of 10 athletes, so this meet was a chance to evaluate these particular seven athletes.I was pleased that we were still able to finish relatively high in a large field, even without the majority of our top seven runners such as Chris and Jake, among others. The internal competition to make Stanfords top seven runners appears to be very strong. Redshirt junior Kevin Havel and redshirt freshman Michael Atchoo rounded out the Cardinals top five at Notre Dame,with Havel finishing 59th and Atchoo 70th overall. But it appears that close to six or seven runners are all still in the running for the final spots on the Ateam.Derrick, Riley, sophomore Erik Olson and redshirt junior Benjamin Johnson are all but locked in, with Gregg likely holding an edge for a spot given his early results this season and experience in the past.After Gregg, however, it gets interesting freshman Joe Rosa and redshirt sophomore Tyler Valdes looked very good at the Stanford Invitational, as did Berberick at Notre Dame. But redshirt junior Riley Sullivan, J.T. Sullivan and redshirt junior Miles Unterreiner have all performed well in the past at big meets, and any combination of runners could make it to Terre Haute, Ind., for the NCAA Championships in November. Looking ahead to next weeks Wisconsin Invitational, Dunn noted that he hopes the team can continue improving in the upcoming weeks. Our goals at a meet like Wisconsin are to compete as well as possible on that given day. It will be a competitive field, and I want us to be challenged before we enter the championship portion of the season, he said. Our goal will be to win the meet, but I am mostly concerned with how well we manage ourselves in such a competitive environment. We have a talented group that has put in a lot of work up to this point, so if we can arrive at NCAAs healthy and fit, we will have an opportunity to challenge for an NCAA title, he continued. In order to do that, the Cardinal will likely have to get past top-ranked Oklahoma State, winners of the past two NCAA team titles, but the Oct. 14 test against No. 2 Wisconsin should provide a good barometer of where the team stands as the season gets into gear.
been a pleasant surprise on the offensive end this year. He has already surpassed his goal-scoring total of seven from last year.Watkins said his scoring output have a lot to do with the hard work he put in this offseason, as well as a new mindset. I was a little nervous my first year, but now I just go for it, he said. Bowen asserted himself as a force to be reckoned with in the championship game against Cal. The utility player scored six of Stanfords 10 goals, including the only goal of the overtime period, earning him MPSF Player of the Week honors. He carried the offensive load after Smith, a second-team All-
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